"Plenty of foreigners who don't "pass as German" live in East German cities just fine. "
Are you one among those non germans living in a eastern german city, or know some of them personally?
If no, how can you judge then?
I am german and I happen to live in eastern germany and I can attest there is a very high level of anti immigration sentiment and action.
There are some bubbles in the bigger cites, where you can get by without much trouble while only speaking english, but move out of that bubble and you actually have to fear for your live in some areas as a non white person. Ask my girlfried who is not really of color, but the little color her skin has because of latin american roots, is enough for hatred and threats towards her. Even in "hip" places like Dresden.
I'm definitely not white "BIO-Deutsch" looking if that's what you're asking.
But you still haven't told me exactly how the hate has manifested towards your half latino girlfriend in East Germany.
From my findings I find a lot of people are just snowflakes that exagerate the perceived hate towards them, for example if the waiter, service worker, bus driver, etc. was rude or mean to them, they immediately assume people are being racist and are hate targeting them for their race/skin color. No, bro, that's just the traditional East German "friendliness" or they're just dicks to everyone, nothing to do with hate or racism.
Or in another instance blocking it, from going out: "You cannot go out here"
Children in rural village: "you don't belong here"
And then we have spitting. Bad looks. Cashiers being friendly to me, but very unfriendly to her (when they don't notice we are connected, but she speaks a very good german). Etc.
That is just racism and not "east german friendliness"
East german friendliness would be the sentence on a shirt I saw in Görlitz (very eastern city):
"I don't have prejudice, I hate everyone"
That's the "normal" friendliness in some areas, but in most areas (especially also Görlitz), they canalize that hate and frustration towards anything different.
So not everything is bad here, otherwise we would not still live here, but we explicitely live in a no nazi village, so kind of in a bubble. But we do regulary think of moving away, so no, in general foreigners do not live here just fine.
And most, especially those with a really dark skin, have it way harder than we. For example we didn't got any death letter yet.
"Plenty of foreigners who don't "pass as German" live in East German cities just fine. "
Are you one among those non germans living in a eastern german city, or know some of them personally?
If no, how can you judge then?
I am german and I happen to live in eastern germany and I can attest there is a very high level of anti immigration sentiment and action.
There are some bubbles in the bigger cites, where you can get by without much trouble while only speaking english, but move out of that bubble and you actually have to fear for your live in some areas as a non white person. Ask my girlfried who is not really of color, but the little color her skin has because of latin american roots, is enough for hatred and threats towards her. Even in "hip" places like Dresden.