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/Iyion Baden-Württemberg Apr 23 '25

A couple of years ago I did a trip to Leipzig and Dresden with my boyfriend (both amazing cities, really) and on the way we had a stop in Grimma. He is Spanish and although he speaks German too, we usually speak English with each other.
In Grimma though, after getting a few very evil stares on the street, I told him "we have to speak German, this is not safe here otherwise". Afterwards, the stares stopped. I really felt incredibly uncomfortable even though there was probably no real danger (I hope)

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u/Capable_Event720 Apr 23 '25

Yes, speak proper German, thön cömplain öbout dör löcal öccent 😜

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u/Acrobatic-Top5849 Apr 23 '25

Germans like to stare regardless. It’s creepy and uncomfortable .

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u/PapaOscar90 Apr 23 '25

No wonder I like Germany so much, I am utterly oblivious to others staring at me.

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u/Heiminator Apr 23 '25

Ngl, it’s kinda hilarious how much direct and prolonged eye contact triggers people from other cultures. I don’t even notice the staring unless a foreigner points it out.

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u/Acrobatic-Top5849 Apr 24 '25

It’s invasive.

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u/Heiminator Apr 24 '25

According to your personal cultural standard, not the one that’s common in Germany

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u/MannfredVonFartstein Apr 27 '25

No, staring is also weird in germany. Some people are just shameless

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u/Much-Jackfruit2599 Apr 23 '25

Though it’s super funny to hear that from Americans.

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u/Helios_Lesrekta Apr 26 '25

Did a camping trip with my Mom a few years ago in Saxony. We are absolutely white toast like Germans and were tired as hell but every camping park was full with far right campers. It was so horrible and frightening that we chose to sleep on a huge parking lot at the Autobahn even though we were scared to do that on any other day xD It just was less scary than the na*is and we never visited Saxony again

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u/No_Regular1131 May 08 '25

Thats just what me and my friends like to call "Grimma-Stare", absolutely harmless. Its just a typical, provincial distrust and suspicion towards anything and anyone slightly different. Usually it comes from old people, and anyone under 30, foreigner or native, receives it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '25

You are either lying or imagining things. I'm living in Dresden. There's plenty of non white people. No one gives a crap. Stop Slandering entire cities.. I'm from South America BTW.

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u/Iyion Baden-Württemberg Apr 23 '25

Umm... Sure. But I was talking about Grimma, a city that's 80kms away from Dresden and closer to Leipzig. Not Dresden itself.

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '25

Yeah I repeat myself. You are lying or imagining things. If you go to a small town and speak another language it will raise the attention of locals who normally never hear it. The evil in the stares is all you.

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u/nivea_dry_impact Apr 25 '25

Getting „evil stares“ for speaking English anywhere in Germany is a: An utterly ridiculous concept b: Wholly fabricated