The World from Berlin: 'Ossis Aren't Indians'

  • 2010-04-17
  • SPIEGEL ONLINE - International
A Stuttgart labor court ruled on Thursday that former East Germans -- often disparagingly nicknamed "Ossis" -- are not an ethnic group in a case involving a woman who claims she was turned down for a job because she came from the former state. German commentators on Friday warn about the prevalence of negative stereotypes about people from the formerly communist east....  Full story...
 

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