The problem with "Ein Volk" in Germany

I've been living in Germany for four years, and I have long been a fan of the whole "we are all just one people" idea behind "ein Volk." However, this idea is fundamentally flawed when it comes to the treatment of minority groups of people. The idea of "ein Volk" in Germany is flawed for several reasons.<br><br>First of all, the concept of "ein Volk" divides society into two groups. The first group of people that are considered to be "part of the Volk" (i.e., the majority) and the second group are those that are not considered to be "part of the Volk" (i.e., the minority). The minority is treated as a second class of citizens and is constantly marginalized and excluded from the discussion.<br><br>Secondly, this idea of "ein Volk" in Germany is based on the idea of a homogeneous society. But this isn't true for Germany. Germany is a culturally divided country, with extremes between east and west, north and south, and the metropolitan cities and the rural areas. The idea of "ein Volk" in Germany does not account for these differences. <br><br>A third problem with this idea of "ein Volk" is that it is used to justify exclusionary policies. For example, the AfD party in Germany is very strongly in favor of limiting immigration. Their reasoning that this is necessary to protect the German Volk. <br><br>Everyone in Germany is of German nationality, and everyone has a say in politics. It is not right to exclude some people and not others. I regularly get told by people to go back to my homeland just because I'm black. I am offended by this. I am German, this is my country and I should have a say. The exclusion of people of different backgrounds from society is a big problem in Germany.