Comment by viijou on 19/07/2021 at 11:39 UTC*

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View submission: Do you think that sometimes discrimination based on nationality (especially discriminating Eastern Europeans) in Germany is more socially acceptable than racism?

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Not racism but prejudice. When hiring a company for home construction prejudices are strong. My german dad who worked in the construction field his whole life starting as a mason and later as engineer and boss in a big firm, would tell me about the work ethic of people from specific countries. I wanna mention that he always treated everybody with respect. But he was especially appreciative about the work quality and ethic of polish, romanian and bulgarian firms. Others not so much (including Germans who work with a high quality but can have different issues sometimes).

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Comment by FPiN9XU3K1IT at 19/07/2021 at 19:41 UTC

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Is that actually prejudice, though? Different work cultures are a fact. It only becomes an issue if you're not ready to change your opinion when presented with new, contradicting information.