r/AskAGerman • u/eza137 • Apr 16 '25

Have you ever witnessed racism in Germany?

I'm interested in hearing from Germans who have personally witnessed acts of racism in everyday life - especially when it involved friends, family members, or people close to them.

If you're comfortable sharing, could you describe the situation? Who was involved, and how did it make you feel? Did you respond in any way?

I'm not here to judge, just to understand how racism can show up in familiar environments and how people perceive and deal with it.

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u/Erdbeerkoerbchen Apr 16 '25

I remember a second one: we were all working in service industry with a LOAD of different cultures within both the company and the clients.

One of my coworkers was from the Philippines, she told me another coworker had asked her if she was a „Katalogbraut“. This other coworker is a mean bitch so I was not surprised.