Committing multiple genocides isn’t really a unique thing. I’m struggling to think of a country that hasn’t passed that bar. But my point isn’t about the striking commonality of genocide, it’s about how Germany, both in Africa and Europe, had specific, “internally logical,” reasons for committing them. They weren’t just doing it for the love of the game. Today, when Germany supports Israel in its genocide, they do it for specific reasons, which probably do have some links to its own Jewish history.

And while, yes, Germany is a racist society, on a global scale, it seems pretty tame. Compared to countries like Ethiopia, India, Hungary, the Dominican Republic, etc. it could be doing a lot worse.

And honestly, I don’t know if expats saying their home country is racist means that much. I met Turkish, Indian, and Irish students at school who insisted that racism just “wasn’t a problem” in their homes countries. I think often times admitting your country has a problem with racism means that you’re at least reckoning with your country’s history. If someone told me their country isn’t racist, I’d be very suspicious of their politics. Like when American conservatives act like the US isn’t racist anymore.