I don't think, this to be racist, but your give your opinions

[abaris]

In context it probably isn't.

That's how it came to be. Being burned to a crisp on the streets. And that's also why I don't think it to be racist.

There's also another Austrian saying "Jetzt gehst Meier" (now you're Meier). I still don't know where that origins, but it plays to a very popular surname. It means, going down, going to jail or dying. Or buying a ticket for the 49er, meaning to die or threatening someone with killing. the 49er is the streetcar running to the Central Cemetary in Vienna.

Austrians have a way with vivid symbolism in their sayings that means nothing outside the country.