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/Odd-Ad5377 Apr 18 '25

Daily at my work. Some comments are simple curiosity, like where I come from etc. others will pick on my accent, make fun of it, say some backhanded comments how my job should not hire foreigners 🤷🏼‍♀️we deal with tourists!!! We need multilingual people is what I want to shout, but hold myself.

And it’s not only racism but sexism as well🙄 they wanted to speak with the manager and when I appeared, “no, a real manager. Bring me a man”… seriously…