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    posted by  Roberto Pollena in Germany forum 

    I am Italian, I have lived in Germany for some time. There was this club I used to go to in Berlin. I went there some 15 times, either alone, or with german or with "white" friends. They always let me in. One day I show up with an egyptian friend, they don't let me in. Coincidence?

    As an Italian, I've never experienced discrimination, but rather humorous stereotyping (U italians are lazy, u italians cheat, u italians should run your country better) or competitive attitude (our football team is better, our cars are better etc..), but also love declaration (Italy is the best country in the world etc, Why did you move to Germany, Italy is so much better etc..) but I have seen many non-white people, including german nationals, being totally mistreated.

    For what I have seen, Italians tend to be a bit more racist than germans. If a german walks into an italian bar, they look at him like some kind of alien. African and Middle-Eastern people are often insulted in Italy.

    It is true that I have never visited typical eastern towns. From what I have read, the whole former communist block, from East Germany to Poland, Ukraine and Russia is quite racist.

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