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Das westdeutsche Abschieberegime entstand im Kontext der Problematisierung von People of Color, die seit 1950 in die Bundesrepublik einreisten, um dort ein Studium oder eine Ausbildung aufzunehmen. Die junge Republik lud Menschen aus sich dekolonisierenden Ländern zunächst ein, um sich von der Rassenideologie des National- sozialismus zu distanzieren und sich gegenüber dem Sozialismus zu profilieren. Dabei bestand jedoch weiterhin die im Kern völkische Prämisse, dass People of Color nicht langfristig bleiben sollten. Die Herstellung ihrer Rückführbarkeit manifestierte sich in der Rechts-, Verwaltungs- und Betreuungspraxis lokaler Behörden und Wohlfahrtsverbände, wodurch diese Prämisse in das Ausländergesetz von 1965 einging. Das Gesetz machte insbesondere »außereuropäische« Migrant*innen abschiebbar, denen es pauschal kriminelle Täuschungsabsichten und extremistische Politisierung unterstellte. Es verrechtlichte zudem eine pseudomoralische Rückkehrpflicht von People of Color unter Verweis auf ihren Entwicklungsauftrag in den Herkunftsländern und auf tradierte Geschlechterrollen. Diese Normen waren in der Bundesrepublik permanent abrufbar und wurden sukzessive auf andere Migrant*innen angewandt.
West Germany’s deportation regime emerged in the 1950s and 1960s, when people of color migrated there to graduate from West German universities and receive voca- tional training. Distancing itself from the Nazis’ racial ideology and styling itself a liberal alternative to socialism, the young Federal Republic initially invited people from decolonizing countries. However, the substantially völkisch idea persisted that people of color could never belong to the Federal Republic and should leave the country sooner rather than later. The ensuing construction of their returnability manifested itself in juridical, administrative and aid practices shaped by local authorities and welfare associations, and found its way into the Aliens Act of 1965. This law made ›non-Euro- pean‹ migrants, in particular, deportable by declaring them collectively fraudulent, politically radicalized, and therefore criminal. At the same time, the Aliens Act evoked a pseudo-moral duty of return to develop their countries of origin, and referred to traditional gender roles to deport female partners. These norms remained anchored throughout in West Germany’s history and were successively applied to other migrants.
Access Activism. The Politicization of Wheelchairs and Wheelchair Users in the Twentieth Century
(2022)
For millions of disabled people around the world the wheelchair has been one of the most important technological innovations of the twentieth century. From its inception as a relatively cumbersome, heavy machine, designed principally for indoor use, the wheelchair has evolved into a sophisticated and highly technical mode of transport. Wheelchairs are, at least in the Global North, relatively widely used and universally recognizable – so recognizable that they have become the cultural symbol to represent all disabled people. Wheelchairs are often viewed with trepidation: as machines that disable, confine, and deprive their occupant of independence – as medical devices that doctors prescribe only to the sick, the wounded or the elderly. Such definitions and perceptions infiltrate the public lives of wheelchair users, cause considerable macro and micro political difficulties, and consequently disable users in a myriad of different ways.