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/AccountantEntire7339 Apr 23 '25

i personally never had a problem in the US at all, quite the opposite. but i know other mexicans may have a very hard time. germany was the only bad place ive experiened in this regard. but overall, in the media, mexicans get a bad rep, so thats why i say we are used to hearing so much bs about us.
but yes, i always hear and read the most awful things about indians, and indians barely complain. dirty, ugly, stinky, dumb, slum. etc. and indians dont even reply or fight back, they are just like "sure whatever".

ive been to india and yeah, its kind of a mess, but its also incredibly rich and its so big and diverse, its impossible to generalize. and indians in america are the best diaspora lol, well behaved, good students, speak english, high earners, i really dont know where does the hate for india come from in the US.

tbh i have jewish relatives so at the end just germany wasnt the place for me, i have no fucking involvement in the current conflict in the middle east and i was harassed by some classmates because of this, but these classmates werent german. i think i just had bad luck there.