Ah, yes, the Germans ...

Lufthansa being a German airline, the announcement began in German. 

I usually ignore all the pre-flight announcements because they are all the same same all over again.  It is also because of people like me ignoring those announcements that a few airlines are coming up with creative and humorous ways to grab our attention.

But, this is a German airline.  True to their reputation and caricatures, there was no humor.  All business in a stiff tone.

Except. Yes, except for one thing.

The guy announcing in German was a young black man!

Go ahead, and recall black guys in the jokes about Germans.  You can't picture any because, ahem, this is all a part of the mixing of people especially since the Wall came tumbling down.

Even Germany, whose nationalist leader of the 1930s and 1940s tried to "clean" up his society, has long shed its blood-and-soil racism.  A black German male is not really news.

Except. Yes, except that blood-and-soil racism has become mainstream here in the US!

The nationalist leader of the US openly engages in racist rhetoric, which has further emboldened the nationalists who used to be a tad cautious in publicizing their racism and hatred.

“Mixing cultures will not lead to a higher quality of life but a lower one," tweets a longtime Republican Congressman.  Yet another proud moment for 63 million voters!

I don't ever understand why people like him are so worried about mixing cultures.  For one, it produces beautiful people, like the guy that the American nationalists openly hated all through his eight years of presidency.   Or, consider the woman who is all set to marry into the British royal family.

There is only one thing I want to say at this point: Fucking 63 million voters!