The sensory effects of racial profiling in Berlin's KBO's

The carceral geography of Berlin is a lens that reveals the sensory production of racialized bodied through the practice of “racial profiling.” A disputed and contentious practice that is not only informed by public policy, but a racial imaginary, an imaginary that casts racialized bodies as “other” and as “out of place” in Germany. Therefore, this chapter explores the sensory dimensions of designated high crime areas in Berlin, known as KBO’s. In doing so, I draw on the experiences of members of the Black diaspora in Berlin who have encountered the dynamics and practices within these areas, as well as the work of critical geographers such as Rashad Shabazz and the sensory scholarship of R. Murray Schafer, not only to expose these spatial practices of racism but also to highlight the importance of their sensory implications.