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Mo Asumang

04/09/2014

I Was Targeted by Neo-Nazis

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Mo Asumang, the German TV presenter who was named in a racist Neo-Nazi hate song

Mo Asumang, the German TV presenter who challenged racists after she was targeted in a neo-Nazi hate song, tells Matthew Bannister about the subsequent film she made.

Mo Asumang is a German TV presenter who became famous in the 1990s when she was one of the first black women on German television. But at the height of her fame, Mo was the target of a neo-Nazi hate song with the lyrics 'This bullet is for you, Mo Asumang'. She decided to confront the racists face to face and has recently released a documentary called The Aryans which challenges their views.

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