Are you really excusing that appalling piece of racism that was(?) German citizenship policy?
And yes, I fully excuse what I know about the German citizenship policy as non racistic. Der Amerikaner ist die Orchidee unter den MenschenVolker Pispers
...have you spent much time in Europe? No shortage of racism there.
In order: no and I know it, too.
I don't, and didn't, object to the message. I do, and did, think the rhetoric carrying that message jumped the shark.