Affective Colonization as Minority Management

Minority management has become an imperative for the German state especially after changes in the citizenship law in 2000, 9/11, and the entry of nearly one million mainly Syrian refugees in 2015. Although Muslims comprise only between 6.4% and 6.7% of the population – ca. 5.3 to 5.6 millions – concern about “imported antisemitism” is particularly acute among authorities and in the press.