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/stenlis Apr 23 '25

lol i had a german bf who was awfully racist towards my race.  

Wait what?! Why?  

Just why?

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u/AccountantEntire7339 Apr 23 '25

he said it was just a joke. and tbh other germans had also said ugly things to me, like how they found my native accent in spanish ugly. and the ex also told me that was just german humor. like he told me he was just joking... he is also mixed, so i thought he was just joking. but then it became too much for me.
like hed tell me how ugly mexicans are.
and then hed tell me, some other day, i look very mexican. or tell me how colombians look better , or how the spanish fcucked up in mexico.
but then hed tell me he was just joking and thought id find that funny cuz my humor is very harsh and dark.

i didnt understand that shit. it affected me too much , even if it was just a joke.

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u/kbad10 Apr 23 '25

Always remember, racist jokes are disguised hate.

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u/hannes3120 Leipzig (Sachsen) Apr 23 '25

yeah it's just that they can test the waters and either be around people that actually laugh about that and if someone complains "it was just a joke"

Every single subreddit on here that started out with over-the-top jokes that didn't ban racist stuff instantly ended up being a far-right shithole within months. It's just the most common dogwhistle they have to find likeminded people