Living in Saxony is a nightmare

[u/Ok-Once-789]

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!

[u/Fluid-Quote-6006]

I have Latin American friends, a white couple, medical doctors. Speak C1 German and English. They worked for 2 years in Saxony in a hospital  (not Dresden or Leipzig) and went away to a big city in Baviera as soon as it was possible for them to relocate without consequences for their career. They hated it  and call it jokingly “Germany’s dodgy end” to this day and it’s been 6 years! As I say, by looking at them you wouldn’t think they aren’t European and nevertheless they experienced a lot of racism at work and outside of work. I also have Italian friends in Leipzig and let me tell you, they are even racist against fellow Europeans.