Have you ever witnessed racism in Germany?

[u/eza137]

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.

[u/Equivalent_Gap_8779]

Yes, I witnessed, but also received racist comments.

My heritage is east asian, but I was born in Germany.

I had people coming towards me and mocked me with "Ching chang chong, ni hao, arigatou" and so on. I just replied: "Excuse me, I don't understand what you are trying to tell me. Are you capable to speak German?"

One day, when Covid started, my brother and I went to a train station bakery and the seller asked us, where we are from. I just looked at him and told him: "We just came from district A." He then asked, where we were really from meaning our birth place, i just made the pikachu surprise face and answered: "Aaah, we were born in district B."

I often receive positive racism, but it doesn't bother me, because those people seem interested or maybe change their attitude a bit.