Oh no, it's crisis time! Germany is about to collapse!
Cm'on man. Get a grip on reality.
Listen, I haven't been to the east, so I don't know what goes on there. If you're talking about the east, then you won't get anything out of me because I haven't been there and have nothing to say about it. If this has been your experience in the East, then that's what it is.
I share plenty of the same criticisms (and many more) of Germany, but I'm not going to go into a "bash Germany" conversation. I've overcome much of my frustration because I've come to understand and accept Germany as it is. Anyone with a US background is going to get frustrated with things here, period. The US mentality is completely different than the German or European mentality. And guess what? When I go back to the US, I criticize and complain about the US. Nowhere is perfect, everywhere has something to complain about. Germans complain about Germany too. And I guarantee you, you'll get more racism and intolerance in the US than in Europe.
If you're having such a bad time in the east, I suggest you move the west. There's a gazillion foreigners from all over the world, and you should feel more comfortable. However, people are people, the world is the world, and no matter where you are, you're going to have to put up with crap. The grass isn't always greener on the other side.
Another thing: you're very quick to start name calling and insulting people. Grow up. This isn't middle school. If your online personality has any resemblance of your real personality, then it's easy to see why you're experiencing problems.
Instead of arguing with you, I'd rather use you as a resource to increase my knowledge about med school and Germany. That would be more productive for everyone.
What countries surrounding Germany are more tolerant towards middle easterners?
Be careful not to make this a
racial issue instead of a
foreigner issue. It can be easy to assume that it's a racial issue, when it's not.
I'm a foreigner. I don't look German. I look like I am not from here. So what should I expect? Well, I expect to be looked at differently, because I am different. It's human nature. If I went to China, people would be looking at me because I look and am different. Expect this situation everywhere where you look different. Is it frustrating and annoying? Absolutely.
And some people just
aren't friendly. Some people
look very unfriendly, but aren't. Some people
click with you, and some people just
don't like you because they
don't. There are too many variables within human relationships and interactions. It's easy to generalize all of this, and conclude or interpret it as a racial issue.
I'm not discounting your experiences. I'm just trying to open your mind a little bit, and perhaps you can see that you may be interpreting things in a wrong way. I think you have experienced negative things in Germany. I know I have. But I do think that you're interpreting it in a wrong way, and exaggerating it in your own mind. I also understand the frustrations of being in a different country, and how it can warp everything. I know, I've been in this before.
As far as I go, like I said, I'm no tourist, with no tourist fantasies etc. I live here and I know the deal. Another example: my wife is German. She's had 3 different jobs over the last few years, which she left due to mobbing, bosses covering their asses by blaming, all types of shady office politics etc. She's a great worker, and German. There's nothing unlikeable about her. Now, if she were brown skinned, she could easily assume that there's some sort of racial motivation behind this drama. Why wouldn't she? It's easy to have everything fall back to a racial issue as a cause, especially when you've done nothing wrong or deserving of unfair or bad treatment.
Once again, people are people, the world is the world, and you're going to find crap everywhere you go.
And as far as the media goes, cm'on man. Do you really trust the media? Only the gullible believe what they see in the media. I won't even get started on that. Throw the headlines out the window and don't let yourself get distracted, controlled, brainwashed etc by whatever agenda they're trying to push.
Anyway, if you do reply, I would hope that you'll refrain from making this some sort of school yard tease festival. I'm not interested in a dick measuring contest. If you have valuable information for me and others, then contribute it.
I never said "everyone is out to get me". That is your touristy imagination and projection and you admittedly stepped up claiming off the bat that you know lots about Germany, but then it was revealed that you're simply another loudmouth tourist when you come here, enchanted by the tourist areas, and not the everyday grind of dealing with administrative systems that don't work, paperwork, utilities, departments that don't work, then of course, the massive, and acknowledged social and economic problems. In fact, more reports were released today! Check them out! Growing problems with right extremism, and a deteriorating medical care system.
However, if I hated everyone here, I wouldn't tour such cities as Hamburg all the time, where the attitudes are more open and friendly, or Bavaria and Baden Wurtemburg. However, surrounding countries are more tolerant, and middle eastern immigrants will get that. My testimony here is experience a blind white boy tourist can't give them.