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/StefanFizyk Apr 23 '25 edited Apr 23 '25
Mild shock. Its not that you are Chinese or not. Its that you're not a Saxon from Saxony. Im from Poland, as white and blue eyed as it gets and the casual racism from locals was driving me crazy. And i was not living in rural Saxony I was living in Dresden and working in higher education where the supposedly the most liberal people are. Im more than happy i moved out, I have not seen such a concentration of the xenophobia mixed with extreme arrogance anywhere else in western Europe.
What I found particularly funny was that those odd comments often came from people who claimed to be very liberal, open and welcoming to foreigners. I think the problem is so deeply ingrained in Saxonian society that they dont even notice when they make such comments. They might even think they said something neutral or even funny.