Whitey Ford
01-11-2021, 02:13 AM
Change in the weather: German storm names to be more diverse
https://i.imgur.com/PpZzlNk.png
Move over, Siegfried. Ahmet is on the way.
A journalists’ group has named a low pressure system bringing low temperatures, dark clouds and snow to Germany after the boy’s name of Turkish origin in an effort to increase the visibility of the country’s increasingly diverse population.
To make the weather news more cross-cultural, the New German Media Makers, an association representing journalists with diverse backgrounds, bought a number of lows and a few highs for the beginning of the new year, said Ferda Ataman, the head of the group.
“So far, our weather had mostly typical German names only, even though 26% of people in Germany have migrant roots,” Ataman, whose parents migrated from Turkey, said.
The weather-naming project, which the group dubbed #WeatherCorrection, is a symbolic initiative demanding that Germany’s diversity be better reflected across society.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/05/change-in-the-weather-german-storm-names-to-be-more-diverse
https://i.imgur.com/PpZzlNk.png
Move over, Siegfried. Ahmet is on the way.
A journalists’ group has named a low pressure system bringing low temperatures, dark clouds and snow to Germany after the boy’s name of Turkish origin in an effort to increase the visibility of the country’s increasingly diverse population.
To make the weather news more cross-cultural, the New German Media Makers, an association representing journalists with diverse backgrounds, bought a number of lows and a few highs for the beginning of the new year, said Ferda Ataman, the head of the group.
“So far, our weather had mostly typical German names only, even though 26% of people in Germany have migrant roots,” Ataman, whose parents migrated from Turkey, said.
The weather-naming project, which the group dubbed #WeatherCorrection, is a symbolic initiative demanding that Germany’s diversity be better reflected across society.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/05/change-in-the-weather-german-storm-names-to-be-more-diverse