Boris Becker shocked: "Are we a country of racists?"

Boris Becker shakes Germany awake on Sunday evening at 8:17 p.m. with this tweet:

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«I am shaken, shocked, terrified by the many insults ONLY from Germany for my support of the #BlackLivesMatters demo in London yesterday. Why, why and why? Have we become a country of racists …? », He writes on Twitter.

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What happened? Becker is participating in a demo in London on Saturday and will post a video of it later on social media. A strong sign against racism! In addition to much praise, the former Wimbledon champ is also insulted in the comment fields. Mainly in German. Becker responds with the tweet above.

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Nine minutes later, he adds: “… apparently many people in Germany still haven’t understood that it’s my family history!” This is followed by hashtags with the names of his children.

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All four children from Becker have a multicultural background. Noah (26) and Elias (20) have Barbara Becker as a mother, a daughter of African-American photographer Harlan Ross. The mother of daughter Anna (20) is Angela Ermakova, Russian with Nigerian ancestors. And Amadeus (10), who comes from the last Becker marriage to Lilly, has maternal ancestors from Suriname.

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Boris Becker’s tweets go viral late Sunday evening. The sender also notices this, adding more on Monday afternoon. “Apparently I hit a sore spot,” said the tennis legend.

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Boris Becker shocked: “Are we a country of racists?”

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