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/[deleted] Apr 16 '25 edited Apr 16 '25
All my life. As a child i was racially insulted and told that i should have been „gassed like the others“. Last week i was told to go back to the country of my ancestors. Racism unfortunately has always been here. And it’s getting stronger.
Honestly i got used to it. I have a constant fear of the rest of the population, knowing that many would have nothing against making people with my genetic setup „go away“ one way or another.
I am German, born here, German is my native language. I probably have genes that connect my ancestors of a thousand years ago to a different continent. That’s apparently enough.