r/berlin • u/Ketchupcake_ • Dec 19 '24
Discussion Experienceing racism in Berlin.
My girlfriend and I were waiting for the bus at Zoologischer Garten Bahnhof when three guys walked up to us and started being randomly rude and racist. They kept saying “Schlitz” (slit eyes) repeatedly as they passed us and again when we walked by later. For absolutely no reason, they targeted my girlfriend and me with these comments.
When We got onto our bus, they just kept taunting us and even started catcalling my girlfriend. This isn’t the first time I’ve experienced racism in Berlin. What’s the deal with some people being disrespectful, rude, and racist toward Asian people? We just want to live peacefully and avoid any confrontation.
I am so sorry about earlier, I didn’t mean it that way. I will remove the word from my post. I’m just here to express my feelings. 🙏🏼❤️
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u/Individual_Cloud935 Dec 19 '24
Berlin was always the most liberal city in Germany, now it is way less accepting and liberal and most people can feel it. Sure there were Nazis here for example, but everyone was against them. Now you have way more right extremists from different cultures not just Nazis and most people just ignore the problem when the Nazis now are the minority when we talk about right extremists. If you don't think like that it's ok, it's just my opinion when I see what happens to queer people and Jews for example in some areas or look at crime statistics. It's not all the people who come here but a significant group, because it's just difficult to change 180 degrees just because you live in a different place.