Ask how many Berliners are worried about Swabians taking over the city and you’ll hear a similar answer, including the “stranger in their own city” part. You’d also be surprised how much friction there is between people with Turkish background and fresh Arab arrivals.
Or, differently put: You can’t just pick out a random signifier, such as “Muslim”, and expect the numbers to tell you much. In particular because you’ll hear the answer “yeah let’s not invite any more Muslims” from many Muslims. Those being Turks saying “we don’t want Arabs and their clan structures here, don’t want Germany to become bumfuck Anatolia”.
It’s also important to distinguish anti-immigration vs. anti-immigrant sentiment. Especially in the East with its overall low percentage of foreigners (which, yet, grew much faster than it ever did in the west so people had less time to get used to it), it’s often “we don’t want more” in unison with “we really like Hasan he’s the only one raising the village’s flag on Sunday, the only place where you can go, and he makes really good food”.
Lastly, you don’t have to do your own analysis, here. You jumped from “feels like a stranger in their own country when seeing a Turkish marriage”, which is an a priori, subjective, judgement, to “is racist”. That’s not how things work, people are perfectly capable of feeling one way at one time and then say “well that was one time and I’m happy for the couple”. What you’re looking for are the numbers for (geschlossenes) rechtsextremes Weltbild ((closed) right-extreme worldview) as well as measurements of various forms of gruppenbezogene Menschenfeindlichkeit (group-focussed enmity).
Try this study. (There’s an “English summary” link there, full version is only available in German. The FES is a foundation independent of, but associated with the SPD (SocDems, at least on their good days))
Or, differently put: You can’t just pick out a random signifier, such as “Muslim”, and expect the numbers to tell you much.
It’s a good shorthand that allows us to see what, say, Germans think of an archetypical Other.
It’s also important to distinguish anti-immigration vs. anti-immigrant sentiment. Especially in the East with its overall low percentage of foreigners (which, yet, grew much faster than it ever did in the west so people had less time to get used to it), it’s often “we don’t want more” in unison with “we really like Hasan he’s the only one raising the village’s flag on Sunday, the only place where you can go, and he makes really good food”.
My dude don’t try to convince me that “ban Muslim immigration” and “we really like Hasan” are compatible statements except in a “he’s one of the good ones” kind of way. “We don’t want more” can only come from someone who believes immigrants are a problem that needs to be solved.
Ask how many Berliners are worried about Swabians taking over the city and you’ll hear a similar answer, including the “stranger in their own city” part. You’d also be surprised how much friction there is between people with Turkish background and fresh Arab arrivals.
Or, differently put: You can’t just pick out a random signifier, such as “Muslim”, and expect the numbers to tell you much. In particular because you’ll hear the answer “yeah let’s not invite any more Muslims” from many Muslims. Those being Turks saying “we don’t want Arabs and their clan structures here, don’t want Germany to become bumfuck Anatolia”.
It’s also important to distinguish anti-immigration vs. anti-immigrant sentiment. Especially in the East with its overall low percentage of foreigners (which, yet, grew much faster than it ever did in the west so people had less time to get used to it), it’s often “we don’t want more” in unison with “we really like Hasan he’s the only one raising the village’s flag on Sunday, the only place where you can go, and he makes really good food”.
Lastly, you don’t have to do your own analysis, here. You jumped from “feels like a stranger in their own country when seeing a Turkish marriage”, which is an a priori, subjective, judgement, to “is racist”. That’s not how things work, people are perfectly capable of feeling one way at one time and then say “well that was one time and I’m happy for the couple”. What you’re looking for are the numbers for (geschlossenes) rechtsextremes Weltbild ((closed) right-extreme worldview) as well as measurements of various forms of gruppenbezogene Menschenfeindlichkeit (group-focussed enmity).
Try this study. (There’s an “English summary” link there, full version is only available in German. The FES is a foundation independent of, but associated with the SPD (SocDems, at least on their good days))
It’s a good shorthand that allows us to see what, say, Germans think of an archetypical Other.
My dude don’t try to convince me that “ban Muslim immigration” and “we really like Hasan” are compatible statements except in a “he’s one of the good ones” kind of way. “We don’t want more” can only come from someone who believes immigrants are a problem that needs to be solved.
I won’t try to convince you because you seem to be hanging onto a narrative in face of being given a thorough study of what you’re interested in.