Alice Hasters

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Alice Haruko Hasters (born June 10, 1989 in Cologne ) is a German journalist , book author and podcaster .

Life

As the youngest of three children of a black American mother and a German father, Alice Hasters spent most of her childhood and youth in the Cologne district of Nippes . Their parents raised their three children according to the Buddhist faith. In the eleventh school year, Hasters completed a year abroad with her uncle in Philadelphia "at a very diverse school".

After graduating from high school, she first studied at the Sport University in Cologne , but during this time she noticed that she was more interested in journalistic work. Hasters is a graduate of the German School of Journalism in Munich . She writes and publishes in particular on Afro-German identity , feminism and intersectionality . The topics also form the basis for her autobiographical debut book What White People Don't Want to Hear About Racism, but Should Know, which was published in 2019 . In June 2020 the book reached number 3 in the Literatur - Spiegel - Bestsellerlist Bestseller paperback non-fiction book 26/2020 and held this place in the calendar week 28/2020.

Hasters has been working since graduation a. a. for Tagesschau and Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb).

Hasters and her friend and colleague Maximiliane Häcke have been producing and publishing the Feuer & Brot podcast since 2016 .

Works

  • What white people don't want to hear about racism but should know (2019). Berlin: Carl Hanser Verlag, ISBN 978-3-446-26425-0 .
  • Alice Haster reads What white people don't want to hear about racism but should know (2020). Published on Spotify .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ All said ?: All said? - Alice Hasters, what should white people know about racism? Retrieved June 6, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b biography of Alice Hasters. In: literaturpflaster.com. Retrieved April 2, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Alice Hasters: Photo album. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, No. 152, 4./5. July 2020, p. 52.
  4. ↑ Rosellas in portrait: Alice Hasters. In: rosa-mag.de. Retrieved April 2, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Hans Dieter Heimendahl: Literary Advent Calendar (12) non-fiction book: "What white people do not want to hear about racism". deutschlandfunkkultur.de, December 12, 2019, accessed on April 2, 2020 .
  6. ↑ The current SPIEGEL bestseller lists. Markus Fortmann, accessed June 20, 2020 .
  7. ^ Non-fiction book paperback - DER SPIEGEL - culture. Der Spiegel, accessed June 20, 2020 .
  8. ↑ SPIEGEL bestseller paperback non-fiction book. Retrieved on July 4, 2020 (German).
  9. ↑ Fire & Bread - Podcast by Maxi & Alice. Monthly chat with friends between politics and pop culture. In: feuerundbrot.de. Retrieved April 2, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Hasters, Alice
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hasters, Alice Haruko (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist, book author and podcaster
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne