Hier das Gedicht über deutsche Klischees. Wer hätte gedacht, dass ausgerechnet ich mal in positiver Weise Deutschland repräsentieren würde? Na gut, es war mein Job, aber es hat Spaß gemacht! Auf englisch schreiben, fällt mir definitiv nicht so leicht, wie auf deutsch ;) Es ging dabei darum einen lustigen Abend zu haben, die aufgezählten Klischees sind also nicht todernst zu nehmen! Und achja... Der letzte Part geht an dich, Trump!
Yes, I am German, but I do not only
drink beer.
Yes, I am German, but I do not attend
the Oktoberfest every single year.
This culture is so much more and so
much less than people expect. Germans don’t mean to be rude, but in Germany being
distant means showing respect.
Our language sure can sound kind of
rough, but we promise: Germans actually often do laugh.
There are so many more cities than
Munich, Frankfurt and Berlin.
We have a sad history, but Germany
really is not anymore how it once has been.
Yes, being on time is important in
our country, but sometimes even Germans are late.
Yes, we do have to pay a lot of
taxes, but that’s because we are a welfare state.
And it’s true that we party a lot,
but we also work really hard to achieve our goals. But there are so many
prejudices which we are not. We are 82 Million people and 82 Million different
souls.
Just like Americans do not all eat
fast food every single day, we also do not fulfill every single cliché.
There is this preconception that
Germans love rules, and indeed we have a lot of those.
But loving all of them is only done
by fools, not by all the German pros.
Although – or especially because – we
are talking about Germans: They do not all believe in National Socialism. In fact,
most Germans really detest racism and praise liberalism.
We broke down the wall in 1989 and
since then Germany is actually doing pretty fine.
We are still working on finding our
identity. So here we are trying to separate prejudices from reality.
There are things that Germans are
crazy about; like soccer, cars and Sauerkraut.
We celebrate Christmas on December
24, Valentine’s day is a tradition which we almost completely ignore and we
spend a lot of time being outdoors.
We are not all blonde and blue eyed,
it is not easy for us to socialize or compromise, but admittedly we really
often do criticize.
We don’t mean to be impolite, it is
just really hard for us to open up. But once we do, we finally break the ice.
In Germany, there sure is a lot of lacking,
but there are so many great parts, too. Isn’t it nice to see how changes in
Germany day by day happen? And isn’t it great looking ahead, having a pretty
good view?
For those who don’t know about
Germany: It is the country where parts of American culture once began. And it
also has the shape of a pacman.
It is interesting to see how many
people have German ancestors, who came to the US. It is interesting to find –
behind all those differences – so many connections, because of people who came
here to get help, when Germany was a mess.
So maybe we should stop looking for
the things that are different and start looking for our common ground.
Considering our history, I bet there is gonna be a lot that can be found.
So, we all have people and things
that we love. Many of us believe in something or someone above.
We all have fears and dreams and
wishes and I bet every person in Germany as well as in the US has certain
ambitions.
All of us see one and the same moon
every single night and all of us are sometimes wrong and sometimes right.
We are all living on the same
beautiful planet and even though we are all one of a kind, we have so many
different beautiful talents and have all different things on our mind.
Culture sure is something that sets
us apart, but to me those differences between people all over the world are
some kind of beautiful art.
So let’s be excited for all those
cultures and every single person we meet. Because just seeing differences would
be such a shame. Knowing diversity is such a treat, especially since all our
hearts are clearly the same.