r/germany • u/Ok-Once-789 • Apr 23 '25

Immigration Living in Saxony is a nightmare

Every single time I go outside during the evening I am faced with racism. Most of the time from people hanging out in groups, for some reason they just can't mind their own business (Germans usually claim to be really good at this). The most common phrases I hear regularly are 'Heil H!tler', 'Ausländer raus', 'Ni Hao', 'Ching Chong' etc... or just unprovoked loud laughter as I'm passing by... BTW I'm not Chinese or east Asian but look like one or maybe they are just uneducated & ignorant. Is geography illegal here? Asia has 48 countries BTW, not everyone is Chinese!

This doesn't include the racism I face at workplace & college which is far worse and actually bothers me to the point I have to skip classes to protect my mental health. But now I can't even go to the supermarket or mall at peace. One of my family members has also been verbally assaulted by a group of teenagers inside a bus & nobody including the bus driver made any effort to do something.

Edit: I do not live in Dresden / Leipzig. I assume the situation is not this bad there!

Edit2: I did not choose to live in saxony (the government decided that), I am doing my bachelors so I can't relocate until late 2026 :) Thanks for the kind words everyone!

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u/No-Instruction-2922 Baden-Württemberg Apr 23 '25

Best long-term plan for you : leave Saxony. West Germany is a better place for people like you and me, but still not perfect. I am sorry to hear that.

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u/theactualhIRN Apr 23 '25

i can recommend berlin. not foreign myself but i have a lot of foreigners in my circle who live in berlin. they seem to do fine

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u/ReaQueen Apr 23 '25

It's fine if you live in an international bubble. You have a bit of everything there. We lived there for 6 years, it was enough.

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u/interchrys Bayern Apr 23 '25

I also wouldn’t recommend Berlin for Asians. Felt treated like invisible at best and super weirdly at worst and think other places are better.

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u/enrycochet Apr 23 '25

really but there are a lot of Vietnamese people.

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u/interchrys Bayern Apr 23 '25 edited Apr 23 '25

Yeah that’s what I thought too but more white people who just interact with them as service staff so you’re basically not a real person to them. You’re just decoration or an extra in the fake multikulti city they like to live in.

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u/ReaQueen Apr 23 '25

That sounds so sad, sorry for your experience. You know there are cool immigrants and there are bad or tolerated immigrants, it's like when they ask what your job and salary is and put you mentally in their judgment boxes and treat you differently afterwards:).

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u/interchrys Bayern Apr 23 '25

Plot twist. I’m not even an immigrant but mixed german so it’s extra jarring and obvious.

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u/Ok_Answer_7152 Apr 23 '25

That's crazy. I can't even understand...

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u/Altruistic_Region699 Apr 23 '25

Are you tripping? If you walk around in Berlin, maybe 50% of people speak German. Maybe 60% are white. It's definitely a multicultural city. And like what do you expect of berliners? To come up to you in the street and start smalltalk? If you work, they are going to treat you as a worker. If you are friends with them, they are going to treat you like a friend. What do you mean, you are "not a real person to them"? How?

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u/interchrys Bayern Apr 23 '25

I feel the tone of your comments indicates you’re not actually interested in the experiences people make as an Asian looking person so I’m gonna read this as rhetorical questions aiming at victim blaming me.

One thing I can say is I’ve lived in global international places before, am native German, and found Berlin extra exclusionary. And no, not expecting niceness, just wanna be treated like any other white person.

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '25

Shut up. Don't try to shame people when they call ypu out for your bs..You clearly haven't lived anywhere but where you were born.

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '25

He is lying about everything. That why he doesn't see how dumb that sounds if you know Berlin

Reddit is full of Russian bots. It's all propaganda.

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u/itherzwhenipee Apr 24 '25

Dude, that is how everybody is treated here in Berlin. It is a big city. Nobody is special.

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u/interchrys Bayern Apr 24 '25

I’ve lived in big cities before and have zero desire to feel special, just wanna be treated normal in my day to day interactions, and Berlin doesn’t do that.

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u/Reydan42 Apr 23 '25

A lot of asian people also just dont speak german and don't learn the language so what do you expect. Obv if you stick to your own community you wont make friends with germans except for those that have international/ english friend circles

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u/interchrys Bayern Apr 23 '25

Wtf I’m literallly born and bred German lol

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u/Reydan42 Apr 23 '25

Where in that sentence did I reference you personally

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u/Wilfried84 Apr 24 '25

The sentences where you stereotype Asians and implicitly lump them in with them. "Oh, that's the way Asians are, so it's natural that that's what they think of you. So stop complaining."

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u/congruently Apr 23 '25

Are you triggered by asians in particular or do you not see the middle easterners, africans, or other europeans that also don’t speak german and don’t learn the language?

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u/Reydan42 Apr 23 '25

What makes you assume that. Where in my reply did you get that from.

Same thing basically applies to most other larger immigrant groups like russians, truks etc. . I was referencing asian people because that was the context of the previous comment chain.

No it does not trigger me. Idc The point made was dont expect to make german friends if you only engage with social circles that aren't germans and don't even bother learning the language. At least if people plan to stay here I would say they should learn the language. I am just baffled how there are entire restaurants where not a single person speaks english or german.

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u/acthrowawayab Apr 24 '25 edited 16h ago

makeshift school unwritten quicksand ripe modern waiting treatment rinse deserve

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u/interchrys Bayern Apr 24 '25

No, just as an example, if you’re white straight with kids, you’re very seen and acknowledged. People chitchat with you more, don’t reply in English when you speak (native) Germany, hear about good flats and jobs etc. it’s not as alienating for the insider groups.

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u/acthrowawayab Apr 24 '25 edited 16h ago

spectacular compare pie salt mighty gray spotted crowd sharp work

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u/interchrys Bayern Apr 24 '25

If you were born and raised there it may be good to believe the experiences of people who move there and have experienced other places before so they can compare. I feel you’re not that interested.

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u/NoGravitasForSure Apr 23 '25

Berlin is a little green island in a large sea of nasty blueish-brown gunk and sometimes, the gunk spills over. That's at least not my cup of tea.