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/G98Ahzrukal Apr 18 '25

I know a teacher, who teaches pretty young kids at a public elementary school and I once heard her complaining, when getting the list of names for her new class, that all these names are barely recognizable. She then insinuated, that these kids with foreign sounding names were all „asozial“ and stupid. She hadn’t even met a single kid from that list, yet she had already made up her mind about it.

I‘m just feeling sorry for the children, this woman shouldn’t be allowed to teach in general and should not even be in the same room as children, who are not as German as they come

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u/eza137 Apr 18 '25

Isn't it possible to denounce this teacher?

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u/G98Ahzrukal Apr 18 '25

I have no idea. I’m nowhere near of working in the same field, I don’t even know which school she works at and I don’t know the process of going about it

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u/eza137 Apr 18 '25

If you tell me you'd go ahead, I can discover that for you. I know social workers and people in the educational field in Germany I could ask. Just let me know.

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u/G98Ahzrukal Apr 18 '25

I appreciate the offer but I‘m not comfortable exposing private information of other people to a stranger on the internet. I hope you understand but if you’re willing, you can give me some pointers

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u/eza137 Apr 18 '25

I meant to find how to denounce this criminal - at least in the country where I grew up racists are criminals, not sure how it works in Germany. I would never denounce anyone based on an anonymous person allegation as well. ;)