racism is everywhere

Racism and xenophobia have different faces. In boths countries, there´s long-term-planned discriomination and social eclusion of minorities.
In Germany it´s more hidden, only the minorities themselves experience it and you won´t find real poverty like run down Trailers or trashed ghettos like in the USA.
But the ethnic minorities are discriminated in the education system and on the labor market (but most germans will deny it, because our schools, offices and employees always try to appear equitably)face daily discrimination and are challenged with higher crime rates and higher unemployment.
In america it´s more open and more discussed. Ethnic segregation (even in villages), ethnic murderer and open racist platforms are visble, if you don´t have two blind eyes - and the government doesn´t control and prevent "dangerious" webpages and organisations like in germany. Our racists and xenophobists f.e. often choose american servers to avoid the german internet- censorship.

Cem@

It´s arrogant to blame people from anatolia. Without their strong social ties and traditional religious belief they wouldn´t have survived in germany like they did, they would face more alcoholism, drug addiction and crime - in germany as well as in big turkish cities.

It´s always the easiest way to blame the people which must struggle more to make ends meet

This is common in germany, but even worse in the US. In so many discussions on the internet the majority of the US- users blame the poor, weak and unskilled to be lazy and justify the inequality in the USA. And many americans think that their undersized welfare programs supply too much!

But we germans and you americans must know - A civilisation is as strong as it´s rich, educated and skilled helps the poor, uneducated and unskilled. God created us with different characters and living conditions. But all overthe world the people who have don´t want to see the people who don´t have - Everyone must think about that to realize it

TypicalGerman 20 Jan 2009, 03:36 - Report