It was meant to be an outing(短途出游，集体外出活动) for Black children in Berlin and their families, offering them an exclusive(专属的，独有的) afternoon at an outdoor pool set up by a local theatre.
这本该是柏林黑人儿童及其家庭的一次出游，让他们在当地一家剧院设立的户外泳池享受一个专属下午。
But the plans, slated(预定，安排（于某时）) for earlier this month, had to be scrapped(取消，废弃) after they were seized on(抓住（机会）并利用) by rightwing and conservative voices to whip up(煽动，激起（情绪）) outrage, leaving organisers fending off(抵挡，应对（攻击或问题）) racist emails and threats.
但这些原定于本月初举行的计划，在遭到右翼和保守派人士利用以煽动愤怒情绪后被迫取消，组织者不得不应对种族主义邮件和威胁。
Berlin’s Volksbühne theatre(柏林人民剧院，德国著名剧院) said it had extended the invitation in hopes of dismantling(拆除，消除) some of the barriers(障碍，壁垒) that would normally keep these children away from the pool. While other groups had similarly been invited to use pool exclusively without incident, the idea of Black children enjoying a private afternoon at a public pool proved to be controversial(有争议的，引起争论的) among some.
柏林人民剧院表示，发出邀请是为了消除一些通常会阻碍这些儿童使用泳池的障碍。虽然其他团体也曾被类似地邀请独家使用泳池而未引发事端，但黑人儿童在公共泳池享受私人下午的想法在一些人中引发了争议。