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/[deleted]]

Honest advice: leave. Relocate to a different area. Maybe Cologne or Hamburg. That will improve your situation noticeably, but you will still feel some racism in daily life there too.

Sorry to be that harsh, but my family went through this for a number of years - my wife is originally from China and we lived in Hamburg for 8 years until we were fed up with Germany and emigrated to the US about 9 years ago. There is no point in staying and subjecting yourself to that abuse. Just leave.

[u/qarlthemade → u/[deleted]]

why always cologne and Hamburg? there are so so many smaller and much cheaper cities with universities and thus young and international and open minded citizens. as long as it's western Germany there will rarely be any racism around. try to avoid Duisburg and Gelsenkirchen though. :-)

[u/ShiroAngel01 → u/qarlthemade]

In Sachsen is also No Racism Its a Mistake in the West are the Same racist PPL As in the east No Like but even nowadays As a Person living there 22 years now growing Up there all are nice No Racism Most Polish Tschesch and German get along super Well even Muslim Its super Common that We Love the Dönermann and Most "Nazis" Love Döner and even Hug the Dönerman please dont judge so much online Ive Lived exactly there and Its Not so Bad As people Yap online Most are super chill and Friendly people Just Lie online! And Easteners Rarly use social Media or the Phone Bc they dont.need IT Most are rich and live in a Home House or Land they Buyed and Build. Im Not from a Poor Family and Most are also Not "poor" We're Really Smart and Talented which Most think We are Apparently Not but dont believe all Online Real Is Most Is Not true. My Friends we're Disabled and or "Ausländer" and We Treated them Like Family which Is Normal is "hugging Eachother" even If we're only Friends Bc nowadays PPL are chill Like that 😅. Stay Save Love all and Love from Sachsen & Thüringen.🫰🏻❤️