Heike Graf 138 To explore the corporate media response, I looked for articles, TV, radio and podcast productions mentioning the pod- cast or the producers together with the podcast. With help from the database Retriever, I found 20 articles between December 2018 and January 2022. With the help of Google search, I found three radio and TV shows that referred to the podcast and not only the hosts. 5. The topic of racism in the podcast Racism is here understood, in a broader sense, as a way of thinking and practice of marking ethnic differences in a nor- mative way, that is, of claiming the ethnic superiority of certain people over others. It is a kind of hierarchal thinking that determines which ethnic group of people is more civilized than oth- ers, and with that more privileged. Different behavior or even appearance, such as people of color, is then judged in terms of having less competence or being less civilized. To introduce this way of thinking to a broader public, the producers depart from their own experiences of racismwith German persons and among migrants, such as racism by Black people towards Asian people. They also invite guests who have expertise and open up for more general conclusions. 5.1 Contributions In the following section, I want to give some examples from contributions addressing racism both in everyday life and within institutions such as media, sports, and public authorities. The contributions include not only criticism of the broader society but also of one’s own community, dealing with issues of identity/belonging, stereotyping, inequality, awareness, and bullying culture. 5.1.1 Identity/belonging: “Why can’t I be called Hassan and be a German?” (9.7.2019) The hosts claim that disadvantages in the labor market originate from having the wrong name. Therefore, the official
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