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Sarah-Lee Heinrich (born March 22, 2001, in Iserlohn, Germany)[1] is a German politician for the German Green Party and one of the two speakers of its youth organization, Grüne Jugend.[1]

Early life and education

Heinrich grew up in poverty, being brought up by a single mum on welfare (Hartz IV).[2]

Heinrich completed her abitur at the Pestalozzi-Gymnasium in Unna in 2019,[3] and studied Politics, Sociology and Philosophy from 2019 to 2020 at the University of Bonn before studying Social Sciences from 2020 at the University of Cologne.[4]

Political career

In 2017, she joined the youth organization Grünen Jugend and founded a local chapter in Unna. She was speaker of this local chapter from 2017 to 2019.[5] In 2019, she was speaker of Grünen Jugend Ruhr.[6] At October 9, 2021, she was elected with 93.8% of the votes as one of the two federal speakers of the Grüne Jugend.[1]

Political positions

Heinrich advocates for social justice. She wants to replace Hartz IV with a better system with higher benefits and no sanctions. She also supports anti-racism.[6]

In an interview with Tilo Jung, she said her political views were inspired by Bernie Sanders and his approach to unite working class interests with anti-racism and climate change mitigation in his 2016 presidential campaign.[7]

Controversy

In the wake of her election she was criticized for calling German society "disgustingly white majority".[8] The green left-leaning Die Tageszeitung newspaper called criticism of Heinrich's comments "an orchestrated shitstorm" by right-wing extremists.[9] Heinrich apologized for those tweets and called them "wrong and hurtful". After vehement attacks like death and rape threats, she temporarily withdrew from the public for a few days.[10][11][12]

References

  1. ^ a b c Busjaeger, Felix (2021-10-12). "Sarah-Lee Heinrich: Grüne-Jugend-Sprecherin für Hakenkreuz-Post kritisiert". Kreiszeitung. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  2. ^ N., N. "Sarah-Lee Heinrich kämpfte sich aus Hartz IV - und bekommt jetzt Morddrohungen". Focus. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  3. ^ "Hart Aber Fair - Studentin Sarah-Lee Heinrich (19)". WDR. 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
  4. ^ Lakämper, Britt-Marie (2021-10-11). "Sarah-Lee Heinrich: Das ist die Sprecherin der Grünen Jugend". Thüringer Allgemeine. Funke Mediengruppe. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
  5. ^ Peikert, Linda. "»Ich schäme mich nicht mehr« (neues deutschland)". www.nd-aktuell.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-10-30.
  6. ^ a b "B-S 2: Sarah-Lee Heinrich (55. Bundeskongress der GRÜNEN JUGEND, Antragsgrün)". web.archive.org. 2021-09-10. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
  7. ^ Sarah-Lee Heinrich (Vorsitzende Grüne Jugend) - Jung & Naiv: Folge 539, retrieved 2021-10-30
  8. ^ Leubecher, Marcel. "„Eklige weiße Mehrheitsgesellschaft" – Die Grüne Jugend und ihr Deutschlandbild". Welt.de. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  9. ^ Schwarz, Carolina (2021-10-15). "Shitstorm gegen Sarah-Lee Heinrich: Rechtsextreme „Cancel Culture"". Die Tageszeitung: taz. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
  10. ^ "Fall Sarah-Lee Heinrich: Der Empörungsmechanismus wurde gehackt". www.rnd.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-10-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ Schwarz, Carolina (2021-10-15). "Shitstorm gegen Sarah-Lee Heinrich: Rechtsextreme „Cancel Culture"". Die Tageszeitung: taz. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
  12. ^ Pausch, Robert. "„Vielleicht müssten wir lernen, mehr Nachsicht zu üben"". www.zeit.de. Retrieved 2021-10-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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