Berlin changes racist subway station name
The BVG, Berlin's public transport company, has announced that it would rename the subway station in the city centre named "Mohrenstraße" to "Glinkastraße".
The term "mohr" has been coined throughout colonial times and has a racist background as it was used as a medieval term for people from Northern Africa.
Activists had previously started a petition to rename the station and name-giving street, and had temporarily put up signs naming it "George Floyd Street".
