Woman with a headscarf? DO NOT ask THAT!
Study: Those who look "German" are less discriminated
Many people with a migrant background in Germany can sing a song about being treated as a "sensation". Especially if they do not look "typically German". According to a study by the German Council of Experts on Integration and Migration, people who are viewed for their migration background because of external characteristics such as skin color or headscarf feel discriminated at 48 percent. By contrast, only 19 percent of people who "look like Germans" report discrimination.
According to the study, people who are regarded as having a Muslim faith are particularly violent: 55 percent of them feel discriminated against, while Christians and non-religious people feel that only 29 and 32 percent are affected by discrimination.
More than 5,300 people were interviewed for the study. The described experiences range from violence to insulting to discrimination when looking for a job and a flat. But also a question that probably many people on the tongue, if they meet someone with an apparent migration background, feel many respondents as discriminatory.
This question annoys them all
A friend of mine is asked this question almost every time I travel with her. She grew up in Hannover, but her parents are from South Korea? and of course, the latter one sees her more than her hometown. The question that she has to keep hearing is: "Where are you from?"
The question always gives her the feeling that she is being sentenced, that she is not part of it, or that she is at least not immediately perceived as belonging to it. When she looks into the expectant faces and just answers "Hanoverian", it often causes a funny mood. Are people either embarrassed or disappointed, or are they still kicking their own shoes or are they continuing to hook on? not so cool
on the other hand: Can you blame people for asking other people about their origins, who promise an interesting answer? My girlfriend does not do that, even if she annoys the question.
Headscarves are no sensation
In Germany, every fifth person has a migration background, even if you do not see it all by a long shot. Migration should not be a sensation for us. Nor, as we should infer from the figure on the character of a man, we should speculate on his skin color or headgear on his nationality.
alsoIf we are truly interested in the people around us, we do not have to ask about their origins to hear great stories. If we are truly interested in them, we will find that all people are "different." Only in terms of our value are we all the same. ??
