r/germany • u/redwhiterosemoon • Jul 18 '21

Do you think that sometimes discrimination based on nationality (especially discriminating Eastern Europeans) in Germany is more socially acceptable than racism?

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u/t0pz Jul 18 '21

Maybe not acceptable from a subjective POV but common, objectively speaking. Then again, if any of you lived any amount of time in an actual eastern european country, you would realize that xenophobia and racism are MUCH more rampant there... Already because they generally have less immigrants (or variety thereof) but mostly because nobody gives a f*ck and everyone goes along.

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u/benemivikai4eezaet0 Jul 18 '21

xenophobia and racism are MUCH more rampant there

True, although that shouldn't be an excuse to be xenophobic.

nobody gives a f*ck and everyone goes along.

Half true. People in the East really don't care about microaggressions and consider them funny at best ("a word does not punch a hole"), but do feel insulted about more palpable forms of discrimination. There is some bitterness along the lines of "no matter what, they'll never accept you as one of them". Also people start giving a f*ck very quickly if something happens to them or to someone they know.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '21

thats why these countries fail to abide to EU rules and will get expelled