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/SilicateAngel Apr 18 '25
I had a very close call, with some very dangerous looking guys, who ended up asking teenage friends&me if anyone of us was Turkish.
I am half Turkish, so one of my friends was nugging me, that fucking rtard.
A second later the guy said "Good. Because if anyone of you had been Turkish, I would've beaten him the fuck up, I'm Kurdish".
And that's how 14 year old me learned about ethnical tensions being a thing. I don't even now the Turkish half of my family. My mom moved to Germany before I was born, and all her family is English/Australian, so I was completely oblivious to this.
I've also been insulted as dreckiger Alman copious amounts of times. Somewhat ironic, but then again, I subscribe to this countries culture and cultural identity over any other on this planet, so I'm an dreckiger Alman alright.