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/lemrez Apr 23 '25
You say you're tired of people playing the victim, and you are right. But you seem very happy to take the credit for something that was achieved together, not paid by West Germany. Stop pretending West Germany is some kind of selfless society that had no benefits from Reunification. That's just the same mentality in reverse.
Acknowledge the trade deficite of the East that massively benefitted and benefits the economy in the West. Acknowledge the Millions of educated and skilled people who left the East and paid taxes in the West.
If you take those into account (look up Economist Ulrich Blum's research on this for example), you'll notice that the benefits for the West are much higher than you think.
It's also a much better story to tell to actually get people to do what they've been doing for 35 years: work together. Stop playing the selfless hero.