![Christian Charisius Germany's Joshua Kimmich attends a press conference of the German national soccer team in Herzogenaurach, Germany, Saturday, June 1, 2024. Germany's midfielder Joshua Kimmich has slammed as “absolutely racist” a survey and its findings that one in five Germans would prefer more white players on the national team. The poll of 1,304 randomly selected participants was commissioned for national broadcaster ARD’s documentary “Unity and Justice and Diversity” that’s to be shown on Wednesday. (Christian Charisius/dpa via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b2c932897789497a84ef4483144e53ac/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Germany's Joshua Kimmich attends a press conference of the German national soccer team in Herzogenaurach, Germany, Saturday, June 1, 2024. Germany's midfielder Joshua Kimmich has slammed as “absolutely racist” a survey and its findings that one in five Germans would prefer more white players on the national team. The poll of 1,304 randomly selected participants was commissioned for national broadcaster ARD’s documentary “Unity and Justice and Diversity” that’s to be shown on Wednesday. (Christian Charisius/dpa via AP)
![Christian Charisius Germany's Joshua Kimmich attends a press conference of the German national soccer team in Herzogenaurach, Germany, Saturday, June 1, 2024. Germany's midfielder Joshua Kimmich has slammed as “absolutely racist” a survey and its findings that one in five Germans would prefer more white players on the national team. The poll of 1,304 randomly selected participants was commissioned for national broadcaster ARD’s documentary “Unity and Justice and Diversity” that’s to be shown on Wednesday. (Christian Charisius/dpa via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/869e899c7c684ad0b7c9434a3ce3d62a/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Germany's Joshua Kimmich attends a press conference of the German national soccer team in Herzogenaurach, Germany, Saturday, June 1, 2024. Germany's midfielder Joshua Kimmich has slammed as “absolutely racist” a survey and its findings that one in five Germans would prefer more white players on the national team. The poll of 1,304 randomly selected participants was commissioned for national broadcaster ARD’s documentary “Unity and Justice and Diversity” that’s to be shown on Wednesday. (Christian Charisius/dpa via AP)
![Federico Gambarini Germany's players, from left to right, Robert Andrich, Aleksandar Pavlovic, Joshua Kimmich, Pascal Groß, Rocco Reitz, Thomas Müller, Maximilian Mittelstädt and Maximilian Beier warm up in a training session of the national team, in Herzogenaurach, Germany, Saturday, June 1, 2024. (Federico Gambarini/dpa via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/1d6f49b12986496a95aad3e30a46191f/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Germany's players, from left to right, Robert Andrich, Aleksandar Pavlovic, Joshua Kimmich, Pascal Groß, Rocco Reitz, Thomas Müller, Maximilian Mittelstädt and Maximilian Beier warm up in a training session of the national team, in Herzogenaurach, Germany, Saturday, June 1, 2024. (Federico Gambarini/dpa via AP)