Racism, Discrimination, Citizenship and the Need for Anti-Discrimination Legislation in Germany

Racism and discrimination exist in all modern societies. Some scholars find similar factors characterising patterns of racism and discrimination throughout Europe (Wieviorka, 1994). In fact it has also been argued that, despite institutional differences and quite different policies and models of integration, the effects are so similar as to be the same: racialised, discriminated, immigrant/ethnic minorities underprivileged below a dominant majority.1