Kovach said the Berlin 2000 events provided a chance for students to go beyond the stereotypes and look at modern Germany. You can hardly travel anywhere without seeing efforts to reflect on the past. The German government is planning to build a monument to the Jews who died in the Holocaust in downtown Berlin, just a block away from the German parliament building. Since World War II, Germany has outlawed neo-Nazi and racist speech. Germany is not in danger of going in that direction.
Xenophobia is the fear of foreigners.
While neo-Nazism has been banned in Germany, Outlaw said the Internet has provided easier access to hate speech. In spite of these social problems, he said that Americans have much to learn from German culture. A lot of the lines in the United States are more muddied there - you can be a punk, a hippie and have dreadlocks all at the same time.