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[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I (a US citizen) literally didn't get a job in Germany because one member on the team objected because I didn't speak German yet. The company is "English first" and I worked in the US division previously. So yeah, Europeans are certainly as capable of being racist. And they didn't even try to hide it!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Easily could be, since race is a social contruct. See the Irish not being "white." Probably just nationalism though.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah yes, the English language speaking race

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

I see you deal in absolutes. The person wanted a fluent German speaker despite being an English first company. Put it together in your head.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah, it's racist to hire another more qualified candidate that can speak multiple languages in a setting that would benefit from that skill...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Idk about OP, but from my experience, you can speak German perfectly correctly, but have an accent, and that will make your job search many times harder, because they know you're not "German". I highly doubt this is about skill.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Clearly you must have all the details about where I worked and applied already. What an amazing ability!