>No, it's the same. I'll just switch to English. No it's not the same. My German girlfriend is consistently asked in Germany where she's "really from" despite

>No, it's the same. I'll just switch to English. No it's not the same. My German girlfriend is consistently asked in Germany where she's "really from" despite being born there and living there her whole life (and her parents too!). That would be scandalous in my country, and the US too. The intolerance of imperfect grammar that can realistically only be attained by natives is adjacent to this issue. It's naive and simplistic to just state all Western countries are the same in terms of social progress. The English-speaking and German-speaking worlds are not the same. >Das ist kulturel bedingt. Duolingo hätte jedenfalls nicht viel geholfen. For sure. German culture will either change of I am sure that these waves of immigrants will not integrate properly and there will be strife. One of the benefits of immigration I hope is that Germany will change and become a friendlier and less inward looking society.