Racism in Germany | DW Documentary

[@InstructorMike]

This is very humbling and also a reality that some Black people don’t take into consideration that no matter where you go, our skin color gives us a card that we have to understand we always cause us to be treated differently. No matter where we go. It’s a card in the deck you have and it’s not going anywhere. So you learn how to play with the deck of cards that you have. The game may not be changed. You don’t control the game. But you do control how you play those cards in that game.

[@samael9445]

Depending though, what sort of cards you are holding..too, makes a big difference.

[@sarahoh7593]

Yes that is true and also was samea said too.. if you have money? you get judged but you get a slide with alot more than what would be considered a "regular or average person

[@c.rutherford]

Speaking as a white person I can't tell you how many times in life I have been treated unfairly, passed up for jobs without even being given an interview, let go from jobs even though I did my best.... pulled over by cops for silly reasons, cheated, lied to.... ignored, excluded from groups, chosen last.... kept out of cliques at work and on. I can't tell you how many of those incidents I would have thought were because of racism had I been born black. I can only conclude much of the world's racism is in people's imagination.

[@mthomas1443]

@@c.rutherfordthe only thing that is imaginary is all the things you are saying you experienced just to discredit ppl’s real experience that you know nothing about because you’re not black. You are only here commenting because this discussion about what your ancestors started makes you uncomfortable. But guess what, what you think is real or imaginary is irrelevant. Keep it moving.

[@carolynsteele1465]

​@@c.rutherford Did you go to black people looking for a job and fair treatment? Did black employers deny you an interview? Did the black police pull you over for silly reasons? Did black people fire you from a job or exclude you from one of their groups that you were trying to join? If your own people did this to you, you might call this classism, not racism.

[@kaheemkaheem]

Why are we hated by so many? Sad, as a retired American military veteran dealing with racism was the hardest thing in the military.

[@theraceanalystphdprovingha4119]

Neely Fuller is a good study for the answer...author of the "code" book.

[@robertgee5539]

Lpl

[@mikebrown1068]

Me too, NY VA even has a discrimination group

[@theraceanalystphdprovingha4119]

@@robertgee5539 LPL = misspelling of LOL according to research online

[@theraceanalystphdprovingha4119]

@Dieter Duplak 🙈🙉🙊 "Ladies and gentlemen, we are breaking away from this topic now, due to the unforeseeable insertion of..."

[@TheAaronJP]

I am mixed race British jamaican. I spent 12 years in Germany. Once I got stopped by the police on the street and they said I look suspicious. Funny e ough, the first thing they asked me was whether I speak German. Then they refused to believe that my name was Aaron as it did not fit my appearance. They drove me home, checked my apartment, then reviewed my documents. No apology and they just left. It was the day I felt like something was wrong with me and the day I decided to move home to the UK as the racism was just too frequent. I appreciate the education I received there but I never felt fully welcome.

[@Lando-kx6so]

It's like that in all European countries sadly. The UK's probably the least racist & safest place for black people in Europe which says a lot.

[@Inkahustler]

Racism unfortunately is everywhere. Some countries more than others…

[@thesixth2330]

I was in the army for 8 years, lived in Germany for 6, had many black soldiers in my unit and not one ever complained of Racism, not once. Not in 3 different battalions of infantrymen. The only thing they ever said about being black was how many girls they got. And why didn't you sign a complaint against the officers for such racism? You were there for 12 years but didn't know that would have been wrong? Just too frequent huh, but never though of filing a complaint. how convenient. People love to complain and be the victim. Well then let me say, I'm so glad you escaped such a racist place as Germany. Everyone is entitled to their own experiences.

[@ErkkieHaipinge]

@@thesixth2330 unbelievable. So just because you didn’t witness racism, and I assume you are white, you then feel you have the right to declare and dismiss other people’s realities and experiences to the contrary of your own? Wow

[@RufaroHaruperi]

@@thesixth2330 you cant say that. Two people describing the same situation can come up with different conclusions. 2 blind men being asked to describe the elephant said an elephant is a big long snake because he had touched the trunk, the second one said an elephant is like a big rock because he had touched its back. Who is wrong here? Noone because everyone is describing what they experienced. So the same here, maybe you experienced differently because you were in the military, perhaps if you were a common random citizen maybe things would be different for you. So never discredit someone based on your account because you never had their experience

[@francis-md]

Working as a Physician in Schleswig-Holstein for over 2 years was the hardest time of my career. I never faced racism from patients, but instead from my collegues who I have to prove again and again I was worth to be working there and many of them would do the impossible to prove everybody else it was wrong to have a black doctor in the hospital, not need to mention all the racist comments I had to hear over and over again...a daily battle just to do my job. At the end of the day I quit with the conviction that some places are not just ready to embrace something call diversity... An anti racism movement is really needed in the North and East Germany

[@johnadoga9765]

This is touching, one can only imagine what you went through... work being a tortured is something else

[@ekinematics]

You are not alone. Felt the same in Russia.

[@raefblack7906]

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[@FranciscoBrewster-oj9ng]

It's now more than ever that our people be look upon for what they can give back to society, no matter our geographic location in this world , and not let our race be the main reason for not letting do what God bless and created us for.

[@raefblack7906]

@@FranciscoBrewster-oj9ng Africans gave 400 years of forced servitude then another 150 -200 of the same under colonialism and Imperialism and now you want more? Gtfo

[@uche2171]

I speak really good German and used to work as a cashier at a DM supermarket branch. Most people were nice to me but some people just hated me cos of the color of my skin. They wouldn’t let my hands touch theirs when they paid me and would tell me to keep their change on the table for them 😂. I don’t really care so much about this but it’s funny how stupid racism makes people . Edit: Thanks for the support guys, it means a lot. For those saying it had nothing to do with racism rather germophobia. I have been in the country long enough to know the difference. The vibe alone will tell you that they hate you, cos even when you smile, greet and try your best to ignore how rudely they throw the money at you or speak to you when they are forced to address you, they still end up muttering under their breath how "you" foreigners are spoiling everything and are everywhere.....lol. I know a racist encounter when I experience one. Like I said, the racist encounters are a minority though so I prefer to focus on the positive things that I've got in life :)

[@hehenoelo4858]

It's not necessary racism, some people just don't wanna touch hands with somebody who touches billion other hands, especially during pandemics.

[@TheCaryz]

Fake

[@lollorosso4675]

I very much agree that racism either causes or is a sign of stupidity. I am happy that you cope with racism so well. However, I greatly regret that some of your and my idiot countrymen give you a hard time.

[@destinymagic7694]

I believe you. Sorry to hear you went through that

[@TheseStreetsReports]

I visited Germany in 2015, it shocked me at how rac ist people were there.

[@Marie-wd3hp]

I have a nephew whom I lost contact with & he is a Black German. When I was communicating with him he spoke about how poorly he was treated because he was part Black. My brother who was in the military left his son behind. I wonder how I could go about trying to find him. This documentary bring back memories of him.

[@lucylu4070]

You could Google people (German,) that help people to find their Love ones and you might find him i hope you find him and what he told you is true,i Wish you luck

[@BlackDiamond08]

Black german? German people are originnally white.

[@terriyoung2205]

I was thinking maybe a dna test ?

[@cool_cat007smoove3]

Contact the US. Military or the German embassy.

[@tristyy404]

If you have a name it shouldn’t be that hard through the embassy, otherwise ancestry or one of those dna tests.

[@Anrylla]

The fact that A GERMAN STATE FUNDED broadcaster talks about the issues in Germany on its international channels are simply mindblowing. Our state owned broadcasters in Turkey are just being a lackey of the current government. It will take us 1000 years to reach to this level regarding journalism.

[@laaaliiiluuu]

There are issues with partisan opinions with German public media but when I learned how horrible it is in other countries I realized I am.still lucky to be born in Germany where I can criticize the government without ending up in jail.

[@BringDHouseDown]

Then why do they censor anyone talking about the population replacement, mass migration, and the religion of "peace" and their attacks on German women?

[@divalamanuel6998]

This It Is Just a sand corn drop by Germany historical fact , compare to what they real know and Hiding from black people , It Is not a surprise that they permited you to know this .a murde self no mater how longe It my take ,One day he have to Talk about His envil done

[@stxfdt1240]

@@divalamanuel6998 🤡🤡🤡

[@user-oi7tn6hm7e]

This, my friend, is just propaganda from the gov.... In order to make germans feel guilty and accept another trillion foreing migrants from the middle east. Germany its the most tolerant country in the world and I can say that as a legal migrant myself.

[@henrydon7994]

The most painful part of racism in Germany is that you will experience it even in the university by professors that are supposed to know and do better. Its so painful and disgusting

[@jafarbek5581]

Is that racism to people with different skin color or all people who is not german?

[@miloslavpetras713]

I mean when even the professors are racist maybe they are onto something. Dont you think ?@@jafarbek5581

[@269hklgvn]

@@jafarbek5581 ++

[@beateburghardt1274]

@@jafarbek5581because he is full of 🧢

[@hran805]

Einfach gelogen und solche Menschen mit solchen Kommentare sind selber Rassisten aber viel zu viel verblendet um dies zu erkennen!

[@jaisbarbosa]

It's not just in Germany. You also have to deal with racism in Spain. It's really bad here. People look at you as if you are not welcome, you are called names like: you are a monkey, piece of dirt, etc... the police stop you because they think you are dealing with crime, but then they answer that they are busy with control, in the tram people don't want to sit next to you, but rather next to a non-black person, they expect you to step aside when they walk towards you. But I will not tolerate such behavior and I will speak up straight away and show them that they have the wrong one today! Here, for example, a white person from France/ukraine/the Netherlands (who does not speak a word of Spanish) is treated better than a black person who does speak Spanish. What will be the reason, do you think? 😉 There is definitely race categorization in Europe. I'M LIKE, I HAVE THE SAME RIGHT AS EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF MY SKIN COLOR. THIS IS HOW I SEE IT. I TACKLE HATE DIRECTLY. YOU DON'T GET ME SMALL BY YOUR HATE, JEALOUSY OR INSECURITY! A CERTAIN SKIN COLOR DEFINES NO ONE'S POSITION OF POWER OVER ANOTHER. THIS IS CREATED IN THE MIND FOR ALL HUMANITY.

[@Bootywatcherism]

@@humanitywins7159 I saw you in another comment and I would really like to know what your issue is. Only white people can be European citizens? You don't like refugees? Do you feel the same way about Ukranians or is it just people who aren't white? They've become refugees too in case you don't know. I know quite a few Europeans with African citizenship, they live better lives than the natives, they get the better jobs that could be given to natives with equal experience and qualifications. Your hate is sad an unnecessary, if today you could send everybody back to their countries of origin would you also send the resources that were stolen and swindled as well? I feel sorry for you, truly I do because you can't see the bigger picture.

[@jacqueslanciaux8959]

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[@jacqueslanciaux8959]

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[@briopalumpus8676]

the southern europeans like to pretend to be non racist, especially the white south americans, who like to push that intermixing myth. The spanish were ther first white supremacaist, they are alleged to have turned the N word into a prejrative, before that it simply meant black in latin. the dutch were a spanish colony at one time.

[@selinab140]

I lived in Norway for some time I experienced racism but am not the one to bully so I used to check them but It was a different story with my cousin she was bullied everyday at work she'd come back home cry and she d be afraid to go to work until I told her to stand up for herself and they stopped messing with her..never allow anybody to disrespect you ever!when they know they can break you the bullying continues .

[@sriharshacv7760]

@Uncle Tom Is that supposed to be a joke? Or are you saying: 'go back to where you came from'?

[@augustusgloopfangirl8751]

@@sriharshacv7760 his name is uncle Tom.. it tells us all we need to know.

[@saniya7649]

Six years in Germany and I still face racism and harassment at my work place.

[@ErnaBjørn]

​@@sriharshacv7760 We are not obliged to accept foreigners in Norway, I do not want Norway to become a Germany in the future, foreigners African Americans Latin American Asians among many others arrive in Germany and Norway breaking everything they see ahead

[@yvonne6629]

​@@ErnaBjørn so give back norway to native

[@sagalimad5102]

I was born and raised in Sweden, but I'm not Swedish for that. I am African from Somalia. My nationality is Swedish but my ethnicity is Somali. It is important that you learn where you actually come from.

[@sagalimad5102]

@SteuerInnenzahler 😂😂😂

[@blessingchanne1866]

Always proud of where. Your from

[@ramtin190]

​@SteuerInnenzahler Es waren die Dichter und Denker, die zum Mörder wurden. Das haben wohl viele in diesem Land vergessen.. PS: In der Schweiz seid ihr sehr beliebt 😂

[@NoName-fv5oo]

@SteuerInnenzahler this coming from a Caucasian? Caucasian are the root of all Evil.

[@Greyalien587]

These people are insane . They think because they born somewhere they really are the same as the original people. Every immigrant know they are not the same as the natives what is this even, it’s only the white Europeans who sees this as a thing

[@7474ramen]

my neighbor is a doctor, and German who is originally Korean, moved to Germany when he was 12 years old and now has German citizenship. he has lived in Germany for more than 30 years. As you can guess he speaks perfect German. and whenever he speaks his language(German), he gets compliments " oh. you can speak good German, good job" or "where are you from , where did you learn German?" time to time(quite often) He told me when he was a school kid, he refused to eat Korean food, especially before going to school. He did not explain why, but I kinda could guess why. I could feel parts of the struggle that a boy had experienced. meanwhile I am also a korean who just moved here, so I am stil korean and fully foreighnor getting to know new scoety, so for me, nothing bothers me yet. but I can guess for some people who tried to settle down, maybe germany(or any country) could be hard to be their genuine homeland.

[@abdallahussien5705]

May wife's is Born in Germany Wherever we go they told her you are speaking good German, Even she is a Native Speaker I don't know why they don't differentiate between those who were born in Germany and the others who come later ,which is clear from their Accent they didn't grow up in Germany.

[@PuchoSprite]

He's not german, he'd only german on paper

[@tdu5048]

I was born in 1975 in Berlin West, I went to school and it was extremely stressful due to the racism. Though most of the racism I experienced was at school, throughout my day to day life, I don’t recall as much racism. In 1990, my parents got divorced and I chose to move with my mother to her home country the Bahamas. Just because there I was excepted and always felt at home. I have been back to Germany since but reside in the UK now.

[@samuelwilliams8099]

Good choice dear!

[@mrzul9029]

I went to school in the UK in the 70s & 80s and the racism in school was widespread. We weren’t safe coming off the school bus until we exited certain areas. Glad to say the UK has progressed a lot since so my kids won’t go through same. It does leave one scarred however on how cruel people can be. Seems like Germany has a lot of change to embrace.

[@minh132]

@@mrzul9029 you mean regressed.WHat gives you the right to invade another country without the permission of the population,and expect them to like it?The hubris is mind staggering

[@ratave6472]

@@minh132it’s not invasion; it’s immigration. By that logic, every white US citizen is an invader.

[@SavedbyGrace352]

@@minh132 it’s clear to see how sick of a mind you have! God help you!

[@ich6636]

The answer from the German lady about not giving her child for adoption was heartbreaking 💔. People can be so mean sometimes.

[@papakush420-gg]

Erstmal wach werden dann darfste schreiben.

[@Jstar697]

The baby understood and was so sad

[@Riogi]

Ich bin hellwach und kommentiere.

[@mj-zq4qg]

This wasn't just mean this was inhuman to be asking a question like that to a mother may his soul be resting in hell

[@MS-dp2qg]

Actually I feeled proud of her even in love for her. That’s a really

[@noellewest4347]

Having moved from the US to Germany (and as a very privileged white Auslander), I feel like racism is so subtle here that people have deluded themselves into believing it doesn't exist, or that it barely exists. At the university where I teach, a student just told me a few weeks ago that race is barely a topic of discussion in Germany. Most of the conversations he hears or reads are in English from foreign media or on English social media platforms. According to him, when someone tries to have a difficult conversation about race in the German language in Germany, people immediately shut down. I asked him if he felt this may be connected to the country's unique history (which they are collectively so ashamed of), and he said probably. But I think this issue in Germany goes a lot deeper.

[@gregorygregorio2398]

They are racists! I am European white Christian but not german neither western european and they used to be racists towards me and other South Europeans

[@stevencausley8549]

Because people here are brainwashed and manipulated to feel ashamed and guilty of 12 years. Its nothing but a mass control thing used by the elite to oppress different opinions.

[@vjcarter4657]

Totally right

[@austronomerremonortsua3108]

After forcefully excluding white people from all race related discussions, it’s now the white peoples fault they don’t want to discuss the thematic. Maybe you guys should ask a white-german kid in Neu-Köln or Offenbach about what he thinks about „microaggressions“ after he got his daily beating for being white or german.

[@amy675fly]

@only_solutions, would you feel the same way if the country was Zimbabwe instead of Germany? It reads like you are trying to rationalize racism, and ironically, your arguments are similar to the MAGA fools in the U.S. It's not hard for me to work with people who happen to be white, just like it's easy for me to work with someone who is Black. You probably can do the same. This a social problem that we all have to work together to fix.

[@JoshuaAdu]

As a blackman living Germany, Sometimes I fell I don't belong here. I did not expect this piece from @DW . Thanks for the good works @DW. From my experience, immigrants are even more racist than Germans.

[@cartier2312]

As a human I belong anywhere and I can and will live anywhere. I'm disappointed that we still have racism in the world but don't let negative people effect you regardless of their beliefs!!

[@millie8311]

They still have that Adolf mindset of WW2

[@pastordonkoh7692]

The best thing black people can do for themselves is accumulate wealth, uproot to Africa and build something long term. buy plots of lands in prime locations, purchase farm land. Land because God aint making more of it

[@blazer9547]

Thank you for not just blaming white people ❤

[@BlauWeissRot_1965]

@@millie8311 I hope so.

[@edouard-josephpeltiergarci8583]

I am from Hawaii and of mixed race like a majority portion of my island home. A decade ago, a friend and I was traveling across central and eastern Europe. After crossing from the Czech border into Germany, we decided to visit the Dresden Zoo. At the zoo there was a sizable number of elementary school aged groups. There was one Afro-German 6 or 7 years old girl that was just staring at me. It was only after seeing that we were the only two non-whites around, I felt somewhat baffled how it would be living in a society where one would stand out by the colour of one's skin. However, when the young girl was speaking in German to me and I did not reply...and said I was Hawaiian... It was shocking to hear the class saying 'Aloha'!

[@geraldwhite1671]

Interesting comments regarding race N the color of someone skin color. Shameful, ignorance, & straight out unbelievable in 2023.

[@PeverellTheThird]

You're mixed heritage/ethnicity, not 'race'. There's no such ting as 'race', it's just a made up political concept. Also believing that people are of different 'races' automatically makes one a racist, maybe not a bigoted racist but a racist nonetheless.

[@0SilentStone0]

@@PeverellTheThird Look at a dictionary instead of telling people that they are racist based on a made up definition.

[@chilray4706]

I had this experience in a store in Germany. This African child was in his pram with his parents. And in a crowd of white faces, this two or one year old saw me, a black stranger and that child's face literally lit up and he smiled so widely. I still think of this encounter to this day. No baby has ever welcomed my sight like this and I was a stranger to this child! I hope he is blessed wherever he is.

[@seelchenseelchen2514]

Oh my..... A decade... My father was in China a decade ago.... They stared at him like crazy..... You're accusing children of saying aloha.... Wich is what we learn on TV... They probably hunted you through the zoo...being just children being nice or even just stupid children....get over it, you're alive and i guess you're bigger than that.... I'm 2hite and I meet strange people every day... And I'm sure they are strange whoever is in contact with them... When we take everything to heart we won't ever be happy

[@stephendavid568]

DW is outstanding in their desire to grapple with difficult themes. Thank you for this timely documentary.

[@DWDocumentary]

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[@einroboter1301]

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[@prayerpartner2093]

@@DWDocumentary I find DW documentary gripping. Through their lenses you are shaping my view of Germans. European dealings in Africa and with Africans has always been one of exploitation and dehumanisation. The DW don't shy away from uncovering these difficult stories. Your account of history is authentic and not whitewashed. Keep up the good work

[@skontheroad]

​@@DWDocumentary Gibt es auch auf Deutsch? Wo kann ich es finden? Ich würde es gerne schauen. Besonders weil die Übersetzung nicht ganz genau korrekt ist.

[@harryeisermann2784]

go to the Netherlands, any differents? hmmm yes colonial past

[@keithkoganeislife3144]

One thing a lot of people who live outside of Europe, Asia, and Africa don’t seem to understand is that you can’t claim to be part of a group simply because you were born in its territory. Much of the world is founded based on a group of people who share a similar language, culture, and ethnicity. In many of these countries both nationality and ethnicity are the same thing. Think of places like Poland, Iceland, Japan, Estonia, Korea, etc. All of these places see people who are of that ethnicity as part of the nation. Even Estonians see Russians who are White as not really Estonians, they are just a group of people that live in their territory. For us in places like the United States, Canada, Australia, Brazil, etc it’s easier to claim to be a part of that group since they were very much multiethnic in their inspection. Like myself I am a Native man of the Cree tribe, and just because a White person lives here on the reservation with us or some have been born here too, it doesn’t make them Cree in any sense. We still see them as very much outsiders. It would be the same if I moved to a Yoruba village in Nigeria, I would never be Yoruba, or if I lived to Saudi Arabia, I will never be Arab, or if I moved to Denmark, I will never be Danish.

[@barbarasara4033]

Thank you for writing this.

[@pinkkyywells7299]

You're absolutely correct but a lot of people from India, African, Arab , central and south American countries don't want to understand what you just stated.

[@keithkoganeislife3144]

@@pinkkyywells7299 Yeah, plus I really hate when people who come to that country and claim they aren’t being represented in their art, media, or culture. I’ll use places like Japan and Korea as an example. The people who live in that country are under no obligation to include you in their media or art under any circumstances. You are a guest in their country and you do not get to dictate the rules or demand a change in their culture to make you feel comfortable or “at home”. They are feel to be as inclusive or non-inclusive as they wish. If they want include foreigners it is on their terms. Remember, just because you consume it doesn’t give you the moral authority to demand changes; and the reason you consume it is because it is representative of that particular culture. There are numerous countries in the world I disagree with on a political basis like Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iran, etc. But if I go there and start demanding they accept liberal and Western values that not only would be hypocritical but extremely disrespectful to that country which welcomed me in as a guest.

[@pinkkyywells7299]

@@keithkoganeislife3144 And when they come to the states they're complaining about no representation in Hollywood, politics , history books you name it. One man from an African country raised hell because his daughter didn't see any of their history in American history books. All he had to do was stay in Africa.

[@youtubetimecapsul7491]

I especially hate when people want to erase or not American history because it's too white. it's like no duh America has an anglo protestant history. every freggin country in the world was founded by a predominate group of people. The US is already welcoming as is. It is as if people want to have their cake and eat it to.

[@yuree222]

It’s terribly sad how far we have come in 2023 and still have not gotten anywhere ‼️

[@cnasir3475]

We have gone far. very far. But, there is still a long way to go.

[@Diana-gq4qr]

White people cannot get over race, and differences in others.

[@d1tto232]

Then why Germany try so hard in lecture other countries?

[@BluePrecious77]

yes, and we are learning to love ourselves and to appreciate who we are as a people and our cultural. We are aggressively become more than the lies we were fed.

[@evanatbri-s13]

Except that... we have. It's just that some things are biologically engraved in our genes and we can't exist outside of our biologies as human species. Racism is one of them, since it's a biologically determined reaction, whose function is to serve as a defense mechanism against everything foreign/external/unknown. And as such, it is totally natural, healthy and product of biological evolutionary process. Humans have evolved to be like this both on physical and psycólogical level, because it was the only way we could survive. Like everything else, it also has its positives and its negatives, but the truth is that there is no culture in the world that has opened its doors wide to foreign presence and cultures, and that hasn't lost it's identity and that this did not lead to a gradual break with its roots and traditions, which in the end inevitably leads to it's demise.

[@shaibujibril3799]

That's a mother's love. She said wasn't giving her child out for adoption cos she conceived the child. You could see the apprehension on her face.

[@vblake530530]

Apprehension perhaps. Under it had to Determination. “My child? Are you kidding me?

[@segur2289]

A natural mother occurrence to protect their children with or without a husband. Lpl.

[@Henry-Bukenya]

This why I decided to stay in Africa. I don't know why some black people try cling themselves to people who don't love them. If you are treated badly because you are black, just relocate down here in Africa. People will welcome you.

[@wouldulikeanothernailsir6391]

@Rita Maid brooo this is crazy

[@AlphaBiker54]

A lot of African nations have their issues too. It's not easy leaving your birth country and learning a different language and culture.

[@BlackDiamond08]

Good choice take all ya homies with you.

[@austineromosele8481]

We Africans refuse to make our country work but are too ready to scream racism about people who created the right environment for people to succeed.

[@beach2787]

True but forget about the welcoming part.

[@missmrocks]

You can change your nationality, but you can't change your ethnicity. Great documentary DW.

[@mnemonicpie]

Good argument for accepting only European migrants.

[@bob84290]

And neither can you change the color of your skin. It's not like we choose this skin color when we were born.

[@ChatwithTheTycoon]

I personally don't find it offensive when asked where I am from, because that is how I get to tell my story.

[@nagone11]

I don't advocate violence but...that was funny lol.

[@herbtube7824]

Very good!

[@ichLWmich]

Yes but ask once. If people answer something like "Berlin" or any city that's in a "white" country, you DON'T ask "and where are your parents from?" or "where are you REALLY from?". They already answered you where they are from. Stop asking again. They are still from Berlin

[@ParkHillProjects]

​@@ichLWmich wtf, they can ask ehat they want, especially if its honest curiosity. Germans, i.e older Generation s dont have much touching points with people from other countries or skincolors. That for one, i hate this color shit anyway

[@kimlavender185kimlavender9]

@@ichLWmich Peope wil just think why do they want to hide where they're are from, are they ashamed to be African?

[@okapibibi]

This documentary was very enlightening and very interesting. I'm from Brazil, my skin is white, and my knowledge of racism is mostly about my own country, both to black and indigenous people, as well a bit of U.S. racism simply because they import so much of their culture worldwide. I knew nothing about black history in Germany up until now, and I'm glad DW made such a rich documentary about it. Above all, I leave this documentary feeling in absolute awe at the strength and courage of black people for sticking for themselves and their worth in society despite dealing with such awful challenges throughout their lives. I hope to see a world better united by the time I'm old.

[@Nojews-mq2wq]

Black culture like rape muders gangs drugs vicious attacks beatings crying about racisms.

[@rosiemayrod]

Now I'm.already old and still waiting 😢

[@VideoSpectator1223]

How did you manage to bring up America, we have nothing to do with this.

[@estebancorral5151]

Brazil’s 500 years history is about violence manipulated by greed and hate. You having been oblivious to this speaks volumes as to your irresponsiblity.

[@kaizenpsy8259]

The documentary exaggerates, especially the politician at the end is racist herself by saying that there is no racism against white people and there is structural racism in Germany. People often mix up offering the same opportunities with same outcomes. Not to have the same outcome is no indication for structural racism. Is there racism in Germany? Unfortunately there is, is it as bad as the documentary is telling us? No, it is not.

[@freudvibes10]

Racism has also to do with the "Ausländer " in general. Not only with dark skinned people. As an Albanian who has worked every single day since I moved to Germany and has never been paid a si gle penny from Job Center, I have often felt kind of a prejudice on me, like not wanted, as I belonged to a second- hand level of people. It influenced a lot on my self esteem. Now after 5,5 years, I still feel unsecure and with a lot of psychological problems. But, there are a lot of supporting people as well. I can't deny that.

[@00alda00]

They do it to Italians and Portuguese too. You'll always be second class citizen despite speaking the language etc

[@rickihosein]

That's not racism...it is discrimination based out of prejudice...a black person would go through the same thing in Albania, as in germany

[@greatgownsbeautifulgowns]

​@@rickihosein They don't get it. They also don't seem to understand that if they change their Albanian or Italian names to German names and only speak German they will still be white at the end of the day. When it comes to racism, *black people do not get that option*. We will be black no matter how much we change our names to German names or no matter how much German we speak. When racist want to be racist the skin color is the only thing that matters to them.

[@rickihosein]

@@greatgownsbeautifulgowns ...exactly!!...they truly do not get it...I agree with everything you said!

[@freudvibes10]

@rickihosein8639 racism and discrimination both have as fundamental to them the prejudice, which leads to the manifestation of negative, hostile, etc behavior towards the targeted people who are different from them.

[@kenoh818]

I'm a mixed guy living in Luxembourg. I lived 6 months in Frankfort for work and... I hated it. The city was great but people... My God! I could sense despise in their eyes and sometimes even anger. There was a guy I would have gladly fought to remove the hatred from his eyes and to stand up to him. I hated it, utterly hated it. When I went back to Lux I wanted to bow down and kiss the ground. I feel like racism is gradually being accepted in Europe despite all the so-called laws existing to protect us. Far-right parties are gaining strength in several countries and mainstream people starts to listen to them. Before I didn't care about it but now that I have a family I need to make sure they are safe. Someday I will leave for sure. There is no longer future for people like me in Europe.

[@Ukoklemu]

How come there is less racism in Lux?

[@kenoh818]

​@@UkoklemuOf course there is, but not like France or Germany. Half of the population is foreign. And Luxembourg people are quite pragmatic: no foreigners = no economy = no wealth. Without us there is no country. You'll be guite surprised to know that there is no far-right party here. As long as you work, contribute to the society by paying your taxes, nobody will care about you. It's a safe haven in Europe in that respect. Arabs, black people... Whatever you are, as long as you are skilled, you can find your place.

[@Ukoklemu]

@@kenoh818 wow good to know, enjoy it!

[@anzorgotsiridze5924]

i wanted to live in saudi arabia in mekkah annd as cisttian they dont let me

[@bintokiria5338]

While me in my own country facing tribalism and nepotism.... Everywhere is just a mess

[@DeeMAVERICK2]

Bur you people set this in place. You could have taken it away. It was a choice.

[@nigelralphmurphy2852]

Not if you're white.

[@Lovely_1One]

I can’t believe that reporter asked that mother if she wanted her beautiful baby to go to a circus or adoption then asked her why. Whew wee! Absolutely horrifying and disgusting and hateful! Pure monsters so many of them!

[@fenyoaeemckinney2144]

Duuh! Wow! I can’t believe some of these naïve comments! WTH! Wherever there are white folks you’ll find RACISM!!😫🤪

[@jassbass8153]

☘️

[@akshaye4600]

18:04 to 18:42. The audacity of the reporter to ask those questions to a mother! I am speechless!

[@WamuyuGatheru]

Like the child is a packet of milk from the supermarket

[@jeancompte5848]

Most people were dumb as rocks at that time

[@don_kandon6006]

you are so dumb, it was the norm in 1950s when this interview was taken.

[@ADUAquascaping]

@@WamuyuGatheru Blame the father who didn't stick around just as much as anyone else haha

[@chamade166]

@@ADUAquascaping The father is black, he is a victim too.

[@camloff]

In Africa, Mozambique and Cabo Verde, there is racism if your skin is lighter. Racism is spread in any country of this world of ours. Also in Portugal.

[@anotherappointment]

Are u sure

[@beckspark5548]

I am a Korean adoptee, who was raised in Germany by German, white parents. I had my fair share of racist encounters when growing up, but I can definitely say that I experienced waaay more racism during my stays in countries, e.g. France, Italy, Poland and Sweden.. I think Italy and East Europe is especially bad for Asians and people with African / Caribbean descent And I also noticed that African- Americans are often perceived as Americans in Germany, and receive therefore better treatment than people who come from Africa.. The most direct and blunt racism that I received in Germany, was unfortunately by people from other minority groups..which sometimes hurts even more, since I always believed that we minorities should support each other... and fight for the common cause.. Based on my experience living in the Netherlands for several years, it is pretty much the same here compared to Germany.. not better or worse. The Netherlands might be a bit easier for Black people to live, though.. especially in bigger cities with a larger Black community. I also noticed that they are more represented in Dutch media, commercials, etc. these days, but the Netherlands is definitely not a perfect place.. Sometimes Dutch people are worse, because they have not truly processed their colonial past, yet and prefer to see themselves as "super tolerant", and as a "nation without racism" 🫣

[@LolaRamos-ox3gu]

Italy is a crazy place, I’m black Colombian and I moved to Italy in 2020, a lot people are nice and friendly but others a terrible a means when they come with their racism, I just laugh and they moved on.

[@sSomeawesomeneSs]

they did a study on racism in the eu and poland was actually the least discriminatory country lol. montenegro in east europe did pretty poorly, but not worse than germany. germany, the country where 20 young men just violently attacked 2 young somali girls and their father

[@vy9220]

Koreans in Germany are racist towards southeast asians

[@anotherappointment]

@@sSomeawesomeneSsthat statistics is false

[@RAINY_M]

After studying, working in Germany for 7 years. I couldn't wait for the end of Apartheid to come back home pregnant and give birth to my Son in my motherland despite all odds. It was a traumatic experience being different during the late 80s and early 90s and didn't want my child to experience that.

[@tatjana7008]

The same for me, I'm going back to Korea after my studies. I'm kind of accustomed to people here, but I dont want my not yet born child experience this. And it's even so that Asians have it easier here than African or Middle Eastern people

[@skurinski]

now talk about the killings of white people in South Africa, I bet you're silent

[@SeanJay420]

I'm from the USA and I think I'll just move to Africa in Kenya or a country close by.

[@frankyyaggabot6222]

@@SeanJay420 The first question you'll get asked in Kenya is what tribe you are from. Black Americans are typically West African and not native to Kenya so don't be surprised if you are treated as a foreigner.

[@Pou1gie1]

@35:40 Some of the people in this comments section are like the cop who refused to help Konrad when the cop said "It seems you are making a big deal about your race", after Konrad was being harassed by racist people. The desire to blame the person being attacked so that they don't have to admit there is something wrong is a strong base impulse for many.

[@afuaacheampong1315]

The issue of Racism is a global one, I’m a proud black girl❤. All we saying is to be given equal opportunities if we all qualify, don’t discriminate against us because of the skin colour. Schools abroad open admissions for international students meaning they ready to integrate foreigners . Until u live in a foreign land, you wouldn’t not understand this racism issue. Thank you DW

[@SheldonShooter]

„Im a proud black girl“. Why? This are two things that was given to you by birth. I would never say „I’m a proud white men“. And if I would say it people would get offended. Offended for things I didn’t do, my father didn’t do and even my grandfather didn’t do.

[@fenyoaeemckinney2144]

Duuh! Wow! I can’t believe some of these naïve comments! WTH! Wherever there are white folks you’ll find RACISM!!😫🤪

[@bushwhackeddos.2703]

How are Whyte South African farmers treated.

[@afuaacheampong1315]

@@SheldonShooter you ever heard of white privileges and superiority? Wait until you have our skin color until then you would not understand

[@fananelsonmbambo9040]

​@@bushwhackeddos.2703 They are being killed by illegal immigrants from Zimbabwe and other asylums that they hired for cheap labour, they don't pay them their money because they are illegal kwerekwere, if they complain, they threatening them to report them to authorities, then illegal immigrants get tired of being bullied by farmers and start to attack and kill them

[@Klara-v8b]

I am from south Amerika dark skin, adopted and living with my white family in Germany. I lived in small towns and big city’s and I just experienced racism as a child in school from other children. The experience I had with police.. they were always super nice to me. I moved to a small town and all the older people are super nice too. Friends from Uk who lived in Germany for a while, would prefer Germany, as for them UK is way more racist. On my experience, people take this subject serious here because of the history. You can file charges for hate speech here. I am very happy here and wouldn’t like to live in a different country but everyone has different experiences.

[@likklej8]

Back in the early 80s I was in a Munich bar drinking with some Londoners whose grandparents were Windrush. A couple of locals started abuse and swearing and the landlord and bar staff threw the two trouble makers out.Saying that their behaviour shamed Germany

[@likklej8]

@Uncle Tom These young men’s parents and or grandparents came from the West Indies Jamaica in fact. So don’t Dis JA please.

[@valcs-dreamscollector3258]

no one asked for those windrush. they were pushed onto europeans by the same usual suspects.

[@raphaeldag168]

Man. This is such a deep indepth doc. I makes me look at Germany with new eyes. I lived in Germany for 4 yrs as an American Citizen. I would say the racism in faced was maybe one time. Pehaps I never really paid attention to it. I lived in Bavaria. Between nürnberg, regensburg and munchin. I really love living in Germany. It felt like the first time where I wasnt looked at for being black like in America. 2015-2019 felt like a dream to me. I travelled all over Germany, from Hannover, Hamberg, Berlin, Cologne, wiesbaden, frankfurt, mannheim, munich and all over. The two times I could feel racism were in Berlin and they denied us entry in a Club, they said "no Americans" I was a bit upset but I just said whatever and kept on going, the other was a guy that was maybe afraid I was going to take his girlfriend so he was making stereotypical remarks to me about hip hop music. I met some German Africans that told me they have faced a lot of racism so I know it ecist. I hope things change and get better. Ich liebe Deutschland 🇩🇪

[@TheDarkleatherbiker]

I was REMOVED and taken away from my German mother and American father ( American Sergeant in Germany American Air Base who went to Vietnam war and survived...) when he came back , the Catholic Church had together with the German Government decided to remove all Brown ( mixed raced ) Children..either by forcing the mother to deliver her child or the mother was forced to give her baby away by birth or the Cathollic church went to the mother after birth, paying for her expenses and in return she was forced to give away her child, either to adoption or to a German Catholic Kinderheim ( childrenshome ) where we afterwards were picked to either starv to death ( Death Childrens Homes ) or sent to another home, where we were sexual abused, and flogged every day and put down into a dark room placed right underneath the Diningroom wooden floor ..If you were screaming you would be placed on a chair down there in the limp and the wooden floor was closed by a hatch ! Then,, 4 years later , my biological father was still looking for me..and my biological mother was asked not to try to find me , otherwise she would be threath to be let out of the German Society , and in meanwhile I was kept in silence away, moving me arround to different Orphaneges for then later to send me out of the Country by illigal Adoption and my Papers was falified and stored and divided into different files abd then scattered in different registry offices , hoping that I would never be able to find out the truth and hoping that i would never be able to find my Biological parents again and hoping that I would never be able to file a lawsuit against Germany and the Catholic Church. BUT last year I finally managed to find most of the papers ..! It revealed among things, that my biological father tried file a lawsuit and custtidy , since my biological parents DID file by law an agreement ..if he would not survive the Vietnam War, I should be taken care of by his family in the US and filed also father Custody in the agreement. The germans dragged the time out and waited for over 10 years until I was Legal og age after German Law, and told hereafter my biological father that their responsibility was not any longer theirs ..and closed the case...Today, there is still a Man thoussands of Miles away somewhere who is still waiting for his son...and I am still trying to find him ..if he is still alive..but its a long progress ...I still hope...that I will reach him in time and be reunited....! I did find my German mother, for years back..SHAME ON YOU GERMANS AND SHAME ON YOU CATHOLIC CHURCH FOR VIOLATING NOT ONLY THE TREATY OF ROME BUT ALSO HUMAN RIGHTS AND FOR VIOLATING THE TREATY OF 1945 AND FOR VIOLATING SO MANY BROWN CHILDREN FROM 1960 to 1998 ...over 3000 was illigallly adopted to Denmark and over 5000 to other Countries ..and over 10.000 were executed , by starving on purpose to death . We ALL were abused , some beaten to death, some of us was even forced to participate in Illigal medical Tests, such as I was, which I recently also found out.Illigal .LSD tests, which stunned us and made us unable to feel the violence and sexual abuse that was beeing done to me / us . In my Medical Documents that I have recent found, a Surgery Doctor writes " It is necessary to do an Immidiate Surgery on this 3 year old boy , the Rectum is completely torn and inner instestinal system is unable to function , the child has been raped and sexual abused , futher full overdosed with LSD Substance and does not respond prober " ! sexual abused by the Catholic Church Orchestered by the German Government.

[@marcoprolo7318]

Reminds me of that girl that realized she was raped 10 years later because her best friend told her so afterward.

[@kim-dz2kg]

​@@TheDarkleatherbikersorry you went through this. May you find healing. Very disturbing what those devils did and still called themselves good. Christ will judge them

[@PutsOnSneakers]

The person selecting the music for this docu definitely got soul ♥

[@LeannsAdventures]

We all have the same social issues, no matter the country. I want to give everyone a hug.

[@KaKA-mt2ei]

A hug? That does nothing

[@Obe_omer]

Hug me

[@pommes0078]

I mean if Europeans would be in other Countries the locals would be racist to thats not a European thing it’s a Human thing.

[@Visionstv-f5v]

Europnes are treated like kings and queens in Africa

[@Odhin73]

DW, is there a german version of this documetary? Could you please post a Link? Thx

[@nadyarauch7243]

I checked, there isn’t unfortunately. They have other documentaries on racism in Germany and all the comments from Germans under those are so awful it just shows how far Germany really has to go…

[@Gartenpalme1]

@@nadyarauch7243 Cry me a river ..

[@tambim1624]

BRILLIANT!! Can relate to every bit of this content. Thank you for putting this together! 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@perfumelover777]

This documentary was well done thanks for sharing. I admire everyone involved who had the courage to stand up for what’s right,especially Dr. Gabriela Willbold who had the courage to fight to be a Gynecologist. I’m West Indian and living in the US for most of my life. When I lived in South Florida I did not experience racism at any point as South Florida is a mixture of many nationalities. Times have changed and I’ve been in Orlando for a little over 14 years and the racism here is unreal, I’m a healthcare worker and occasionally come across patients are more comfortable with their own race. Most of the racism I’ve experienced or seen is actually from people of color. A few months ago a coworker (Hispanic) called another coworker (Black) a black monkey it was reported and nothing was done, absolutely nothing. The difference between the two is one skin color is slightly lighter than the other maybe 2 shades lighter nothing else. Both women of color. Unfortunately racism is no longer a black and white issue It exists amongst everyone and until we come together and respect each other regardless of our skin color but respect each other as human beings it will never end. It’s a sad world we live in, we’ve come a long way as people of color but nowhere near where we need to be.

[@judy487]

My parents are African immigrants to the US, but I was born and raised in the US. I was asked the same thing by a German expat who worked at Google. The entitlement he felt to being in the US just because he is white kinda surprised me.

[@Techinvestor567]

You were asked what?

[@judy487]

@@Techinvestor567 I was asked why I don’t go back to Africa?

[@micronotsoft6891]

a lof white Americans have German roots

[@Truthteller978]

​@@micronotsoft6891 still doesn't permit them to be Aholes. You really don't get it and should have kept quiet.

[@ichdu5597]

So you were offended because he asked you where you are from ?

[@damerochelle4014]

I am glad I found this documentary. It validates what I know as a child/pupil at a public elementary school in Washington D.C. There was this charming black boy who spoke German and I remember him for this so clearly. I believe that the child could have been one of those orphans sent to the U.S. for adoption. I hope he is okay. This is a very important and well made documentary to educate anyone who pays attention to it.

[@uniquepolyglot2022]

Which year were you in Elementary School with him? Was it in the 1990s or 2000s?

[@Random_emarati]

I thought german people love black people ?????

[@damerochelle4014]

@@uniquepolyglot2022 1971 or '72

[@uniquepolyglot2022]

@@damerochelle4014 Woow, woow. 1971 & 1972 was a long time ago.

[@tannehmckown2925]

My thing is they don’t have anything to prove… at the end of the day if your Black that’s first .. Your African then German .

[@thomasthomasphilp4393]

I am an Indian in Germany and a German in India

[@sabinedouble07]

I know that feeling.

[@adspur]

That’s the price you pay.Can’t have it both ways

[@KonsaiAsTai]

As it should be. Perfectly balanced.

[@user-ee2cn4xp8r]

@Nowhere Man The price you pay? Nobody asked to be born like??

[@tcrijwanachoudhury]

They never consider this when they tell you to go back where you come from.

[@paulsara5]

Thank you DW! I cried watching this. I am not black, I am Latin American. Fighting racism is difficult even in the UK. I have lived longer in the UK but never accepted … Government highlights inclusion and diversion but it is a LIE. I had to leave my Civil Servant role due to this.

[@DWDocumentary]

Thank you for watching and sharing your experience. ❤️

[@paulineleng1218]

For goodness sake, nothing wrong with asking your origins! I’m proud of where I’m from. Get over it! I am of Chinese descent…n proud of it!

[@quaithom3138]

Pauline, why did you even watch the documentary? Who are you to tell folks to get over it. You display the very ignorance these people are describing.

[@pleng1]

@@quaithom3138 Because I'm glad to be realistic and don't feel the question is racist of any kind.

[@mercymugo7775]

The Lord Jesus paid our penalty regardless of the skin colour, we all come from heaven and manifest africa, Europe etc. Its sad to take racism, prejudice to the grave. Its easier to love. With all that said, God bless you abundantly. White or black, mixed, Asian etc

[@paulbarrett6093]

Great documentary, very informative and eye opening.

[@theo_kwame]

21:06 Erwin Kostedde is not celebrated enough. This is actually the first time I'm hearing his name if not for DW. Thank you for the incredible work you're doing and the impact and knowledge.

[@Curiousviewer22]

You must read Destined To Witness, the autobiography of Hans Massaquoi. His grandfather was a Liberian Consulate in Hamburg during the 1930's, and his mother was a nurse. His childhood was during the Nazi era. Later he became an editor at Ebony magazine in Chicago.

[@curtisalex456]

Just bought the book on Audible. Thanks for the recommendation.

[@fodaysaccoh3472]

People needs to stop being stupid, the fact that you are born in a place doesn't make you an indigene, you must be able to accept whom you are and dig deep into finding out whom you are or else you are a defeated person, there's great pride in whom you are than whom you are not, we can all get along and still proud of whom we are

[@smileylady485]

I understand what you mean. Very good point.

[@dremmanuelnwogu]

What about those whose forefathers were enslaved in Europe? Where do such people belong? Not every black person in Europe came there on their own volition.

[@lw1524]

So no European living in America, Africa, or anywhere else should have felt comfortable and safe with that stupid logic. However, that is only the sentiment stated to people of color

[@rosejames5172]

You tell that to the white South Africans?

[@neisan6149]

do you ask decedents of white colonists where they are REALLY FROM?

[@0726-o9b]

I think it would make it easier for a lot of people if they acknowledge that it's their human nature that makes them want to belong to a certain group. What minorities have in common is that they experience situations like "I was born and raised here but I don't feel German" and "In Germany I always feel like I'm Turkish/African/Asian but in Turkey/South Africa/Vietnam I feel German". We don't have to belong to any group and behave according to how it is defined by society because ultimately it is our own values, beliefs and our unique personalities which define us. To want to belong to a certain group would mean bowing down to society's rules and expectations which as we know is illogical and doesn't make sense most of the time.

[@tasneembashir4880]

They might be German by nationality, BUT they are not German by ethnicity. Native Germans are white European. That's a fact. There is nothing wrong with being of African descent. These people seem to be ashamed to be African. There is nothing wrong with someone showing interest in your ethnicity. It's not racist.

[@garywilliams3855]

Did you pay attention to the video thats not what they’re discussing the abuse of black people by white germans thats the racism

[@Atlas-hu9wk]

Spot on.

[@wavywave8852]

Nobody considers you German by nationality if you don't look German. And it's not about being ashamed of one's ethnicity. Have you even watched the entire thing? It's about being part of society and about being treated equally. Of course there is nothing wrong about being African. It's about equality.

[@Dantiteis]

You didn't pay attention to the history of african people in Germany, and indeed of the humanity, a lot of their ancestor didn't even decide to be part of that country, and they have to grow up since they were born in that country, how can you argue that they are not german like natives? The "old" german forced them to be in that country and now they should accept the concequences of their own ancestor, what will imply to accept like germans completely. I am from a country (Colombia) that was neither "white" nor "black" and the country have both kind of people, do you think it makes sense to consider that we are not colombian by ethnicity? The ethnicity including the culture is built with the local people, so how dare to say that the latin music, for instance, is not part of our ethnicity? the "aboriginal" people in Colombia, for example, are a lot of kind of nomad that walked from africa to Americas in the Glacial Era, white people are descendent of African people if you remember the humanity history, so how can you argue that the afro-descendent in Germany that were born in Germany are not native?

[@tasneembashir4880]

@DanielRodriguez-bo1et There is a difference between nationality, ethnicity and culture. Its not the same thing. White South Africans: nationality: South African ethnicity: Dutch/English/German/French Culture: Afrikaans (Boer) South African/ English South African They will never be African. They have been in South Africa for over 350 years. They are South African by culture and nationality. But their roots will always be in Europe.

[@marahlia]

Married to a German, I am black from America. The first time I went to Germany I saw only 3 blacks at Octoberfest in Straubing. The second time I saw only one black men at the train station in Dingolfing. My husband wanted me to move to Germany with him. I told him I cannot live in a country where I am the only black person. Who is going to do my hair, he replies: a German hairdresser. I could not stop laughing.

[@lunalea1250]

🤣🤣🤣 go to Dusseldorf/Duisburg, lots of shops, Hairdressers, people, especially in the Stadt!

[@janetm6092]

Haha. You spelled out my hair struggles

[@TommyMclean-fv5cy]

So you are offended that their are to many native people in their own homeland

[@TommyMclean-fv5cy]

I went Uganda once and I was horrified that their was not A single Irish man in the airport or in any of the local towns

[@Dxxxxxv]

Go to africa if you want black people. In Germany there are german people, we are not america

[@tigerchhetri915]

It’s not racism at all if you being asked where you came from. I live in Japan and all whom I work with asks me where you from

[@snsn7251]

It is if its asked with a certain tone and with an ulterior motive.

[@yohighness]

It is if 99.9% of the time the question is posed to non-white people, and if if you get asked that several times over many months, years, decades.

[@melissadenbo2461]

wow imagine being born in America and have 10 generations in American and someone comes alone and ask you where are you from? I'm a tenth generation American and I'm asked frequentley, where I'm from. some will go even further and ask me if I am Mexican, Dominican or Black? When I tell them I'm American, one lady, told me "yeah that's funny". People are truly stupid.

[@yohighness]

@@melissadenbo2461 😥

[@TheLovezoey]

My point exactly. Most people asking don't even care. They just want to show that you don't belong.

[@sekoaib]

As Africans we need to fix our continent

[@raffiminassian2339]

You are a VERY smart man and you hit the nail on the head! Rather than going to places where they are discriminated against and rather than facing all these racial problems, Africans should fix their own BIG and RICH continent and stay and live in it without having to face any of these problems and without having to bow their heads to anyone.

[@jayabena4343]

Great comment

[@turbo_fren]

Amen

[@juliennepujol5586]

@@raffiminassian2339 What about all the tribal and ethnic fighting going on within Africa? Seems a lot deeper than just going to a place where more people look like you.

[@Recartloaded]

One person can’t fix and entire continent with thousands of ethnic groups and that’s still being exploited

[@emister2397]

I am in an interracial marriage and my husband sis learning German because we’re visiting there next year. I literally asked him I wonder if there’s racism in Germany. 2 days later this video is in my recommended list. Can our iPhones hear us?

[@DevotaDev]

Fear not

[@annacherish5734]

Yes, hence Siri

[@PlantbasedSilvi]

😂😂Das denke ich auch manchmal.

[@canuckscountry]

There is a difference between ethnicity and nationality

[@bletrick3352]

@Dieter Duplak I don't think you understand. If you're not Germanic you can never be German.

[@adamthetired9319]

@@bletrick3352, I mean, some Germans have predominantly Slavic or Celtic dna. So at the very least, one must of European origin to be German. Europe is interconnected and many countries have different admixtures.

[@blackinton2526]

@@bletrick3352 Agree now tell that to the millions of whites who call themselves South African and also white-Germans in Namibia who call themselves Namibian sometimes they even go as far as saying that they're AFRICAN! and whites from other countries call them that too. The white hypocrisy and double standards need to stop

[@PuchoSprite]

​@adamthetired9319 those are white, but still not germans. Germans are germanics. Poles are slavics, Irish are celtics

[@Dwinn10055]

Omg ! I attended the university of Wuerzburg in the 90’s! An African American myself, I had no idea there were German civil rights organizations!!! I was curious about it but never met many black Germans while I was there! So glad I found this!👍🏽 while in Wuerzburg I cooked & waited tables in a Kneipe! When I cooked I did notice “some “ German ppl watched me with skepticism… lol black American girl cooking German food… but they always gave me the 👍🏽, when they tasted their food lol

[@ecuadorexpat8558]

As a Postwar German we had lots of mixed children born of US Soldiers living in our neighborhoods ..We were told not to play with them but did anyway and defied the racism of our Parents..Sadly racism continues in Germany on all levels

[@Fatboy00000]

only in Germany huh?

[@ecuadorexpat8558]

@@Fatboy00000 the subject was Germany

[@random95725]

Why cant people just be kind? We all just wanna get through life peacefully

[@leroi5342]

I’m African I think it’s time for us to to protect our beloved Motherland to make it livable for Black race. Everyone should stay home. Africa for African, Europe for European, Asia for Asian that’s the only way to end racism

[@nostro1940]

All of Africa would move to Europe today if it had the chance

[@leroi5342]

@@nostro1940 Africa has a population of 1.4b because of few hundred people Immigrate to Europe doesn’t mean everyone in Africa wants to live in Europe lol. There are millions of foreigners living good life in Africa including many European that claims they are expat. Africa is not what you were told about most people are ignorant about Africa or they were brainwashed. I love Africa and I’m not moving to any other country to be a second class citizen

[@nostro1940]

@@leroi5342 There are millions of foreigners living good life in Africa such good life made possible by those foreigners themselfs.

[@leroi5342]

@@nostro1940 no didn’t made it by themselves but. They had the opportunity which was the first reason makes them move to Africa. I’m talking about only European but also mostly Chinese immigrants and business groups from China to Africa

[@GamerZz-yk3mf]

@@nostro1940 lmfaoooo who would move to an iceberg

[@georgemalouf4298]

Racism in African countries is much more horrendous and nowhere near racism being practiced in Europe generally. At least Germany treats them with dignity. They don't want others to remind them of their African heritage just because they are not actually proud of their origin, and I wouldn't blame them though, because not a single African nation is livable.

[@Veni_Vidi25]

Jea me too i never see rassism in Germany against african people cause its banned here are laws 🚫i dont know what this woman in this video explaing about ?

[@christiang.3616]

I was hurt in the first few seconds at "I've been in Africa only once... it doesn't get more German than that". Surely there must be another way of describing one's "germanness" other than not knowing much about Africa. Sick!

[@ClaireEmilia]

I think you completely misunderstood his point. I think he just wanted to point out that he was born and raised in Germany. BTW most Germans know more about Africa than Americans or Asians lol

[@Greyalien587]

@Inner Worlds what do you mean “ whatever that is”. Are you seriously saying there is not something as an ethnic German?

[@skyper8934]

@@innerworlds2216 she's an African living in Germany. That's it. A rat being born in a stall doesn't make it an horse.

[@skyper8934]

@@innerworlds2216 I'm not black sorry

[@skyper8934]

@@innerworlds2216 doubt as me and my ancestors have access to running water for thousands of years

[@nikospurr307]

Im white and both parents are english and i felt "discriminated" against in germany by older people not even looking at me in the eye even though they understand english. My friend said thats just how they are and to ignore them. Anyone under 40 were friendly and its a great place to visit. There are c*nts everywhere in the world, you cant help that. Another point to keep in mind is adapting to an extent to the country where you reside, im raised in a country thats "not my own" and never had serious issues because i live as they do. Look whats happening with the migrant problem in west Europe now, they choose to live in ghettos, i mean that in the sense that they surround themselves with other expats and choose not to integrate with the local way of life and traditions, that in my opinion is racism. I have a North african friend and i argue with him when he says things like "we'll make spain Muslim again" and hes not that extreme, there's worse cases. That can be considered a declaration of war ffs. Why would you want to bring the thing that ruined your home country to your new country? Its a complicated issue, but immigration has to be controlled delicately and somehow stop the creation of colonies that just poison the mind.

[@elizabethopiyo8322]

A documentary has never made me soak in tears like this one. A black person is displayed in the museums, killed and a mother forced to give up her child just because the child is black.

[@tommillia7816]

Mambo.

[@gratefuldead3750]

What do you expect after the 3 Reich. If the child was half asian, indian etc. the same would have happened. Some few years before all half asians and africans were sterilized or killed. It also depended on class. There were some upper class half africans and asians who grew up just normally also after 45. Search for the african/german esther anumu fordham. The women in the clip were sadly lower class. Even having a child with a polish or white american out of wedlock would have lead to horror.

[@jassbass8153]

💕

[@caramelandchocolate5195]

My family and I lived in a very small town in Germany. I can honestly say we did not experience racism. We were very welcomed. All they want is blacks to integrate and work hard. They don’t like it when blacks are on welfare and don’t work.

[@QIASecretary]

Very informative and a new perspective from a German perspective. Listening to the stories brought tears to my eyes and I look skywards and as why? and when will it truly end!!! An excellent documentary!! Black people around the world are scourged, seen as inferior and less than others when that is in fact far, far from the truth. We are waking up now, but not fast enough for my liking and one day, we will ALL be walking around with our eyes fully open and refusing to be fooled any longer.

[@cklaus3326]

A racist, whichever skin colour one, are are really SMALL SHALLOW MINDED PERSONS, who have to low down another person so that they can feel big. A person only mistreat what they admire or envy, because you are perceived as a threat. VERY VERY PRIMITIVE BEHAVIOUR. No human is more or less than the other. There is actually no Race at all.

[@momcilojabucilo9320]

It’s end times repent and follow Jesus

[@amialal4510]

Black people are the most racist group in the US. But they complain the loudest. Racism goes both ways.

[@ranojutro426]

Can you research how white people are treated in Africa then comment

[@BluePrecious77]

I am waking totally up and not sure it I was better sleep....as the awakening wakes up a roaring lion!!

[@lovelyisabelle2028]

Gibt es diese Doku auch auf Deutsch? Es ist super schwierig sich auf den Inhalt zu konzentrieren, wenn man alles doppelt hört, bzw. nur die Hälfte der deutschen Absätze. :)

[@deniseg-hill1730]

On application forms in the UK they have a section of questions on ethnic background and colour and sexual orientation. Some people write HB = human being and for sexual orientation noyb = none of your business

[@TheseStreetsReports]

😂

[@daudaconteh7144]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Techinvestor567]

It actually increases your application success rate if you are ethnically diverse :) especially at big corporations.

[@deniseg-hill1730]

@@Techinvestor567 yes it does and it counts more than merit. I worked 26 years in 2 organisations which employed people based on their ethnicity and it was a disaster but they are still doing it. A couple of my friends still work in those organisations because they are not old enough to retire and some of the things they tell me. One of them told me she was making handwritten accounts of what was and is going on. I remember one chap decades ago who tried to report a load of stuff and his life was threatened and they set his car on fire and tried to set his house on fire. In the end he moved far away.

[@specialiseesi6746]

I once met an Asian lady in New York - just like any Japanese lady you could meet. I asked where she was from, she said ´I´m German´. I was so shocked!! LOL... Then I looked at myself and thought "why am I surprised? does she need to be white to be German?". It´s insane how inconscious those things are.

[@lcdh5601]

@@user-se4je4hh6fYou don’t need to be white to be a German citizen, who gave you that idea?

[@adspur]

Yes because real German people are white.Duh!

[@Trekkie-md2fr]

@Jackie Sometimes, I really wish there were separate words for ethnic Germans and the People of Germany like how the Russians do it: "русские" (russkie) for ethnic Russian vs "россияне" (rossiyane) for the people of Russia. The question is, do you take pride in being ethnic German MORE than being a citizen of Germany?

[@lcdh5601]

@@adspur What’s a real German? And why should that matter?

[@sharknado623]

@Jackie that is racist as fuck. Europeans now have to be white? Here in Italy there are a lot of Italians who are not white, but they were born here. I bet you're American, since you lot have a weird obsession with ethnicity and colour.

[@Soupface429]

What about racism towards Germans by minorities living in their country?

[@gamerinsanity9540]

Like womens... natives of europe don't matter.. these in the documentary have the power😫😫😫

[@MrHispanicpride]

exactly but the communist DW won't discus that.

[@param888]

this is the result of what you sow you reap, i spent a good era in Germany and now first thing i learnt from Germany to treat them as same as i was treated in Germany, i will speak in English with everyone but for German, i will ask him or her to speak in regional language. i treat them unwanted in government offices even for their documents processing. I don't want to teach them about my culture and history I would tell other fellows if my country to treat them equally bad because they deserve it. What i was before, a caring love giving, accept everyone with open arms, who changed that.... GERMANY.

[@florenceokowa9122]

Maybe you deserve it,

[@Stoners199]

@@param888 so you are still a racist?

[@KlausReuter-q7u]

I'm german, I am 85 years old, but I was rased to hate nobody, if black or yellow, in my eyes the Black people here in germany or all over the world, have the right to live, sometimes they are much nicht then the White ones and by the way, god loves them too.

[@RankinMsP]

Brilliant work as ever, DW. Thanks Your documentaries are always an educational journey.

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks for watching and for your constructive feedback! :-)

[@samsonchief2968]

Went to Germany expecting the worst racism and oh my god it was opposite . It has certainly changed a lot now

[@Dxxxxxv]

Now the germans are discriminated by the immigrants

[@blazer9547]

​@lawrencedaniels9231how is that related? Tankie

[@kimlavender185kimlavender9]

@@blazer9547 it is very much related, debunking that "Germany bashing"

[@ch64621]

As a black man, all I can say is if you do not like the way indigenous people of these European countries treat you, that is not anyone's problem but your own, they did not ask you to move to their countries in the first place, you chose to do that on your own. So to avoid this treatment, just make a free choice and leave these countries

[@formxshape]

Thank you for saying this. As a white man, I spent a year working in Tokyo and faced four incidents of ‘racism’ towards me… however, I didn’t feel mad or entitled to a fairer treatment - it’s their country! I’m a guest upon their lands, their country - built with the hard work and blood of their ancestors. I was always cognitive of that fact, even more so when I read a book about the history of Japan. I did my best to learn their language, religion(s), customs, mannerisms, social rules and to enjoy their foods etc. If migrants to Europe could do the same, it would show respect to the hosts and make everything work a lot easier (looking at you guys from the Middle East forcing Halal meat into our schools etc)

[@em4703]

That doesn't excuse basic decency and respect. If I go to africa, I'd like people to show me basic respect. Or China or whatever, not throw racist slurs at me, or beat me or even kill me. Don't you think that's fair?

[@glencoco4444]

The people in the documentary didn’t move to germany. Did you even watch the video? They were born there

[@OpolotGabriel-t8u]

@ch64621 so go a head and defend the white settlers in Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Botswana and North Africa, yes go on and defend them. Since when the white man colonized you, he gave you his own identity.

[@PuchoSprite]

​@glencoco4444 they're ancestors moved there so it's the same

[@cartier2312]

As a human being living on earth I'm proud to be a human being 🌎

[@stevejames9531]

Good than move to Japan and tell the Japanese that as a human you are claiming the right to now be Japanese and if the natives say you are not ethnicly Japanese call the whole nation racist see how the world media will treat you

[@PeverellTheThird]

Word!

[@Greyalien587]

@@stevejames9531 shhh…ur too real

[@Loki-ko2mq]

Powerful words…We are here because you were there!

[@lunalea1250]

That phrase was uttered by one of the Founders of UK's Black History...

[@lembitu4104]

Yes, let’s punish the new generation of germans. We are all in fault for our ancestors mistakes? Hope that logic takes you far

[@margaretnorvell9555]

You are here bc it is safer and wealthier than your home country. Simple.

[@Loki-ko2mq]

@@margaretnorvell9555 But, why were you there in the first place? Definitely not to visit for vacation. Dangerous place remember?

[@blazer9547]

So reverse colonization got it 😂

[@tarik6990]

She is right, you can't be Black and be German or at least be considered German. In the same fashion, you can't be White and be Senegalese or at least be considered Senegalese.

[@blackinton2526]

Agree now tell that to the millions of whites who call themselves South African and also white-Germans in Namibia who call themselves Namibian sometimes they even go as far as saying that they're AFRICAN! and whites from other countries call them that too. The white hypocrisy and double standards need to stop

[@mauricemoss2732]

I am Black I was station in Ludwigsburg Germany. I never experienced any racism at all in Germany. I had a ball there!! Germans love us. A German family adopted me as part of their family. I go every year to visit my adopted family in Germany. I had fun in the German clubs, German Volksmarch, German Mall stores.

[@canelo1728]

Lol, keep telling yourself that. You know who loves you? People back in Nigeria, go there.

[@trommelbiel]

If you think Germans are rude wait until you meet Romanians. I feel like returning to Germany after dealing with Romanians in the UK. Imagine how they would treat foreigners in Romania.

[@n.m6249]

Why because they are poor people who are also foreigners in western countries. I've heard they are very racist to black

[@senorbit2868]

Met this young girl, her dad is Togolese, and her mom is german . she seems to suffer from some kind of mental issue; whenever you ask her where she came from, she will scream, "BUT I AM GERMAN", even when you clarify you are either asking about her ancestry or her city of birth, she would always insist passionately that she is german. I could only imagine she might have faced some sort of ridicule or trauma that sponsored that strange response. I love the country; apart from the language, it´s a great place to work (but not my ideal retirement ), so I will definitely go back home, but at the same time, I am worried about my kids wanting to make Deutschland their home. The passport gets them easy access to the developed world and more opportunities than I ever dreamt of as a kid from Nigeria, but I am afraid they would have their place questioned someday in the case of a crisis or even a huge conflict. Just to clarify, all the germans I´ve met are super nice and great, but I have seen the worst part of human behavior. If my history ( especially as an Igbo man from Nigeria) has taught me anything, the human heart is capable of great evil. On such a day when the human nature reveals itself, I want my kids to be consoled in their ancestral land, or just maybe I am overthinking this.

[@Kiriza22]

She has a double ancestry, so you should have presented your question more clearly!

[@rrsiiipineal]

You could just stay in Nigeria and then this issue wouldn't come up?! Just a suggestion...

[@Luca-hb5xs]

When you look differently than the normal german people and others ask where you are coming from, that's not in any way racist or being mean. That's someone showing interests in you and your culture, I never understood why people get offended by that.

[@mulugetakejela6126]

basically, you are saying you are not a normal German if you are not pale white and you are required to give a detailed ancestry report even if you are all German? or do you want to know where the first of my root is from in 1800? What is the fascination with where i am from and my culture(which is German) anyway? You want to learn about black culture? Go to Africa.

[@Luca-hb5xs]

@@mulugetakejela6126 That's not what I am saying, Germans are white...that's the truth

[@kimlavender185kimlavender9]

@@mulugetakejela6126 You cannot be considered a German being black just as you wouldn't be considered being a Congolese being white or being a Chinese being black

[@thomaskalbfus2005]

First question is why did they go to Germany in the first place and what did they expect to find there? Germany didn't have a history of black slavery, they did not drag people from sub-Saharan Africa to work on plantations, black people in Germany came of their own free will, they come to a mostly white country and complain about racism. What happens if white people go to sub-Saharan Africa? I don't know why white people would want to do that, move to a tropical jungle and look different from most people that live there, it is a rather uncomfortable feeling.

[@mbayeleye119]

Racism is always there I'm living in Germany but now I don't care about racism because if I care about it I will hurt myself that's why I say better to ignore who Show me racism but even in the traffic there is much racism I know what I'm saying and I'm working in Germany as a truck driver CE 40T but never look yourself down and be proud of yourself I'm on that way #No to racism

[@TheseStreetsReports]

Its true what you are saying. Dont let them get too you. But racism is BS

[@chilenapromedioRU]

Thank you for sharing Gabriela's story. I was just wondering "how was it like for the children on the East side?" and then Gabriela's story started. What a different approach, without the US influence of segregation. Unfortunately all changed for worse in 1990 with the rise of neo-nazism. I hope all Germans of African descent can have a great life without prejudice and for the newer generation of refugees, there's nothing wrong with embracing your true ethnicity!

[@TommyMclean-fv5cy]

"there's nothing wrong with embracing your true ethnicity!" If she was doing that she wouldn't be claiming to be German despite not having any German ancestry 🤦‍♂ You people understand that genetics are A thing ? you Can do A test it will tell you if you are ethnically German or not. Also what about the Germans do they just not have a right to preserve their people homeland and identity or is their homeland nothing more than an economic zone for migrants ?

[@josiahattlin2798]

so they are not German then. as its just a sociopolitical agenda. Native ethnic Germans are white. black people are not german.

[@lotuscabrio2937]

Also ones lived during ussr or now

[@sarah-jl8cr]

I watched a documentary on Namibia, a black german woman shared her story that her grandma and her where somewhat deported there after reunification even if she was born I the GDRand had never visited there before. I was shocked.

[@chilenapromedioRU]

@@sarah-jl8cr That's horrible! Is the documentary available here on youtube? It seems so contradictory how Germany rejects their own citizens with African ancestry yet they love to show how they are so "welcoming" of "refugees".

[@divalocity]

Thank you for creating this documentary. We just reunited with our half-brother who was given up for adoption by his mother before my parents were married. All this time we thought he was living in Germany and had been in America since the middle 1950's. We were found through The DNA Doe Project and found out we also have another half-brother living in America. I lived in Germany for fifteen years and I most definitely heard about the violent attacks by the skinheads/neo-Nazis in the Eastern bloc states. I made sure not to visit any of those areas and that also included West Berlin for me. I was on the autobahn when the Berlin wall fell with Trabat cars everywhere and the violence was more pronounced at the beginning of unification. I will always love Germany, but it's been twenty-five years since I left and xenophobia and overt racism still exists.

[@DWDocumentary]

Thank you for watching and sharing your experience!

[@wotanmituns33]

27:54 wow, isn't if funny how people naturally want to associate with people like themselves, and when they do they are the most happy and fulfilled? Very telling.

[@wotanmituns33]

36:11 yet again

[@quantumfineartsandfossils2152]

27:00+ "It was the first time I realized it would not be easy to do the job I wanted" (because of sexism racism & hate)

[@johnjackson1820]

These are the countries that stand on the world stage and tell others who to accept and how to behave

[@Techinvestor567]

We have taken on many many refugees, both during the crisis 2015 and now during the war as well. There are more than 1 million refugees from Ukraine alone. I think we have the right to make moral suggestions to others buddy

[@kurohige2132]

​@@Techinvestor567 No😂 there's no country in the face of earth that can tell others what to do! The EU and US likes to tell others what to do but no one gave to them this right.

[@blazer9547]

​@@kurohige2132sure buddy, Germans were most pro immigrants pro refuges. 1200 women were r aped in 2015 new year eve . And it still happens. Don't act like you know what's happening

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

Amazing and truthful documentary....(DW) always introduces interesting, informative & humanity out look documentaries

[@Jesus-The-Everlasting-Father]

Even islamic Saudi Arabia don't like Blacks. Millions of Black got stuck in limbo in Saudi border.

[@marylu8573]

I have lived in Germany all my life and am Greek. The racism here is no worse than anywhere else. Unfortunately, since the refugee flows, he has also been present in Greece. Racism is very bad.

[@pinkkyywells7299]

Greek not African so you have no idea what real racism is.

[@Србомбоница86]

​@@pinkkyywells7299you have no idea what discrimination Slavs go through in Germany ,we simply don't whine so it doesn't look as bad ti you

[@pinkkyywells7299]

@@Србомбоница86 I don't want to know that's why I live in my own country.

[@Србомбоница86]

@@pinkkyywells7299 than don't expect any simpathy if you don't give it to others

[@pinkkyywells7299]

@@Србомбоница86 not seeking any, I didn't expect any and I don't need it. WTF are you talking about ?

[@giriabhilash1]

Not only German entire Europe

[@semirag7208]

I'm half German half Egyptian, but grew up in bavaria without the reason why my hair is curly. For most other Germans this unfortunately means that u can't be one of them. Everytime you meet someone new its like telling your whole life story in the beginning of the conversation. The only thing you know at this point is the other person's name, maybe. Not uncomfortable at all. Edit: I also haven't been to the hairdresser in 15 years here, because they kept butchering my curly hair haha, but that's just a side note.

[@hikikomoritv1326]

C'mon what a bullshit.

[@hilbakboord2725]

Respect and Salut to you all because I saw a lot of strong humans in this documentary. Empowerment and leaders with a mission. 💪🏾❤️😘

[@Adrian-qi5ii]

lol

[@Cpre1111]

This was so informative for me as a African American. Great documentary!

[@akylrysgal6242]

To overcome racism is a long road. But first step is for media to stop calling people by their skin colour, “black”, “brown”, “red”, “white” etc., this is where racism begins.