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| My name is Semhar Abraham, I'm 27-years-old and from Kassel. |
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| I recently received my graduate degree in business law. |
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| My father is from Ethiopia and my mom is from Eritrea. |
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| In 1993 I arrived in Germany at the age of 5 and I have been living in Berlin for almost 5 years. |
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| When I think back to the time I first arrived in Germany, I mostly remember being very cold and that it was snowing. |
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| Home for me means family and friends. |
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| It's the place where I feel good, because I'm surrounded by people who love me. |
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| That's the case here in Germany, but also in the countries my parents come from. |
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| I have a set of coffee cups from Eritrea in my kitchen. |
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| In Eritrea, we have so called coffee ceremonies. |
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| You meet with your family or also with friends and spend time with each other, you talk and drink home roasted coffee from these cups. |
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| Here in Berlin, I drink an espresso from this cup almost every day. |
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| My grandparents were very important people for me. |
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| They are my role models, especially because they gave so much without ever demanding anything in return. |
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| They came to Germany as early as 30 years ago and then had the rest of the family join them. |
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| Back then, there was war in Ethiopia and Eritrea. |
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| That makes me a refugee child. |
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| Like the people now coming from Syria. |
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| I feel German, but at the same time also Ethiopian and Eritrean. |
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| The fact that you can see I'm from somewhere else sometimes causes problems. |
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| People don't treat you like a German, but like a migrant. |
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| However, those are isolated cases. |
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| Fortunately, I have rarely had bad experiences with racism. |
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| My philosophy is to ignore racist comments. |
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| I think you give them additional power if you pay too much attention to them. |