How would you go about destroying the self-esteem of a group? If you were an anti-immigration politician, certainly you’d target the group’s values (religion) and exploit your racist arguments by pointing the finger at their most vulnerable weaknesses, like high unemployment. Prejudice and racism are diehard social ills because they take generations to wear off….
Month: July 2012
Dear Finland, as the heat of summer draws…
Dear Finland, As the heat of summer draws attention to your ever-changing sub-arctic beauty, you may have wondered why Migrant Tales has become a voice of the immigrant and visible minority community in Finland. We are always humbled by your presence on our blog. In truth, we are nothing more than a new confident image…
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By Dana ???? ???? ??? ?????? ?? ???? ?????? ??? ?????? ?? The river of my tears oh GOD was seared All my nights oh GOD were rotten ?? ????? ??? ??? ????? ?? ???? ????? ?????? ?? That brave holy friend of my memories Unkempt in my lover’s look ??? ? ?? ?? ??…
Racism Review: Frederick Douglass: What, to the American Slave, is Your 4th of July?
By Joe On this Independence day it is well to remember yet again a probing and candid speech, “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro,” given by the formerly enslaved and probably greatest 19th century American, Frederick Douglass, at Rochester, New York, on July 5, 1852, at the peak of North America slavery (indeed, about 230…
Migrants’ Rights Network: Attitudes to immigration, polarisation or convergence?
By Juan Camilo Research published last month shows that attitudes to immigration in Britain are more polarised than in other countries, with older, poorer, and less educated people tending to have much more negative views than younger, well educated, financially secure and ethnically mixed people. Will a generational shift bring about more positive attitudes to…
How many types of racists are there in Finland?
I read an interesting blog entry by Julian Abagond that highlights three types of racists in the United States: white bigots, white implicit racists and whites with integrity. How many types of racists are there in Finland? When studying racism in this country or in other parts of Europe, denial is the most incriminating evidence…
Migrant Tales Literary: Poetic essay for tomatoes and cucumbers
By Dana ?? ??? ?????????? ??? ??? ?????? ?? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? If u fall in a trap, don’t fight back Vanity and envy won’t help you to be free ??? ?? ?? ??? ???? ??? ?? ???? ?? ?? ?? ??? ???? ???? ??? ??? The porridge u cook , first…
Migrant Tales Literary: Summer blooms in Finland*
Growing up and being a Finn in the last century was especially tough. If wars and conflicts didn’t do you in, it was the option of being an immigrant and living with that near-constant yearning and separation in faraway lands. Between 1860 and1999, over 1.2 million Finns emigrated mainly to North America and Sweden. I…