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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!
Is that racism?
Easily could be, since race is a social contruct. See the Irish not being "white." Probably just nationalism though.
Ah yes, the English language speaking race
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.
Yeah, it's racist to hire another more qualified candidate that can speak multiple languages in a setting that would benefit from that skill...
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.
Clearly you must have all the details about where I worked and applied already. What an amazing ability!