Knorr's “Zigeunersauce” Rebranded After Complaints of Racism

“It is good that Knorr reacts to the complaints of apparently a lot of people,” Romani Rose told Bild am Sonntag.

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However, he added that more than the discriminating nature of the sauce's name, he was worried by the increasing racism against minorities in Germany.

He noted how some soccer fans in Germany chant the words “Zigeuner” or “Jude" — Jew — to insult players or fans of opposing teams during matches.

In June, Germany's official anti-discrimination watchdog said it received significantly more complaints about racism in 2019 than the year before.

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The Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency said it received 1,176 complaints about racism last year, an increase of 10 percent compared to 2018.

The number of complaints about racism has more than doubled since 2015, the agency said.

There have also been a rising number of racists attacks in Germany recently, including the killing of nine immigrants in Hanau in February and the attack on a synagogue in Halle last year by far-right extremists. 

(Writer: Kirsten Grieshaber)

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