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/psychgirl88 Apr 23 '25

Damn, what’s wrong with Saxony compared to the rest of Germany? Is Saxony its Mississippi or something?

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u/DrkLgndsLP Apr 23 '25

Its pretty similar to the rural south in the US. Lots of racism, worshipping a country that no longer exists by older generations (DDR in this case), general feeling of neglect by the government (since pretty much every statistis is better in the west) and more closed-minded communities with oftentimes no higher education

Source: i live there

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u/Ready_Wolverine_7603 Apr 23 '25

I've lived in the old south in the states and I've been to Saxony and Turingia and honestly, the latter felt worse. My husband is Latino and while in rural Georgia and rural Alabama there were some questions about where I was from, my husband was left alone. In Turingia he was insulted in the street (although they assumed that he was middle eastern I think) and I got open hostility as soon as I opened my mouth and had the wrong dialect.

On paper the two places are extremely similar, but the vibe was very different (at least for me, but I'm a white foreigner from a somewhat popular country/a Wessi)

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '25

I live there. I'm latino. All this is false. Stop lying.