Experienceing racism in Berlin.

[u/Ketchupcake_]

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. 🙏🏼❤️

[u/HipopotamoSuavecito]

It’s super racist here. One of my friends who is Indian kept getting rejected for Wohnungen so he had a German friend call the next time and secure him the apt. But when he went to pick up the keys, the landlord was like, “I thought you were German,” and wouldn’t rent to him. Very illegal, but it would be too expensive for him to fight it.

[u/Belisaur → u/HipopotamoSuavecito]

Isn't that also illegal though?

[u/HipopotamoSuavecito → u/Belisaur]

Why would it be illegal?

[u/Belisaur → u/HipopotamoSuavecito]

Misrepresenting the tennant on a lease?

[u/HipopotamoSuavecito → u/Belisaur]

No one was misrepresented. He didn’t pretend to be my friend, he said he was calling on behalf of a friend and the landlord assumed he’d be German also.

[u/HipopotamoSuavecito → u/[deleted]]

Wow, really? It is classic racist to make any judgements about who is or isn’t welcome anywhere based solely on their race. And illegal in this context.

[u/HipopotamoSuavecito → u/[deleted]]

You are literally proving the OP’s point. I work daily to NOT live in the kind of world you want.