Actually – that was one of the things I used to quite like about you. You're totally arrogant and you always think you know best. “What are you like,” I say, smiling affectionately. And you know you'll get away with it too! Because we Germans have such low self-esteem!” “I hate Germany a completely normal amount now.” “No, I don't,” I say, slightly surprised. “You just hate Germany so much Jacinta!” She says. “But I don't understand why all the kids aren't just automatically insured for free, like over the Gesundheitsamt? Because it's a bit annoying for divorced or separated parents swapping the cards back and forth, you know.” “The German healthcare system is much better than the NHS, obviously,” I say to my German friend Nina. So we're just making mummy small talk about doctors and stuff.
I deliberately avoid the topic of the Hanau murders because I have fallen out with Nina over the question of is Germany a racist country before. I meet up with my white German friend Nina two days after the Hanau attacks.
Jacinta Nandi rants about casual racism in Germany.
