One of the characteristics of extremist groups in Finland is that they want to convince you that they’re “mainstream and normal.” A good example of the latter is Suomen Sisu, a Finnish white supremacist association, which announced on Yle that it wants to sharpen its mission statement, which it claims leaves too much room for…
Month: January 2014
What does Mesolithic man, who had blue eyes and was dark-skinned, reveal about our European ethnicity?
Our obsession with ethnicity or race is always exposed when our myths and cultural wise tales are exposed by science. DNA taken from a molar of a European hunter-gatherer, who lived around 7,000 years ago, showed the Mesolithic man to have blue eyes, black or brown hair and dark skin, according to the Guardian. Read full…
Cost-cutting measures in education will hit migrant and visible minority students especially hard in Finland
Whenever there are cost-cutting measures that target education or social welfare, you know who’s going to get hit the hardest. Some obvious groups include the socially marginalized, unemployed, some migrants and visible minorities. Trade Union of Education in Finland (OAJ) president Olli Luukkainen was quoted as saying on tabloid Iltalehti Monday that budget cuts on education have fueled…
Migrant Tales kiittää “internet netsi” ja Scripta blogia
Syyskuu 8 päivä 2008 oli historiallinen Migrant Tales blogille. Silloin olin lähellä lopettaa blogini. Kaikki muuttui syyskuun 8 päivänä kun Migrant Talesia vastaan hyökättiin Scripta blogista. Eräs “internet netsi” ilmoitti meistä Scriptan seinälle: “Tuolta voitte lukea kuinka kamalan rasistinen maa suomi on, uskokaa ny!” Kiitoksia “Internet netsi”* ja Jussi Halla-ahon Scripta blogille, että annoit minulle voimaa jatkaa. Olemme tänään…
Finland is repeating the mistakes of the past because we deny our history
There’s an interesting question that a YLE journalist asks National Coalition Party minister for European affairs and foreign trade, Aleksander Stubb, on the Ykkösaamu talk show Saturday about why small- and medium-sized companies in Finland prefer to be acquired by foreign companies instead of continue to expand in global markets. National Coalition Party Minister for…
PS MP Halla-aho to attend first Council of Europe meeting Monday
Perussuomalaiset (PS) MP Jussi Halla-aho, who was sentenced for ethnic agitation, will represent Finland at a Council of Europe meeting Monday in Strasbourg, according to Tampere-based Aamulehti, which cites STT. Read full story (in FInnish) here. The appointment of Halla-aho to the Finnish delegation to the Council of Europe last year prompted a joint statement by the leaders…
Racism Review: White Sexual Violence against Enslaved Black Women
MT comment: Understanding how why there was/is slavery enables us to understand the nature of the beast of racism and social exclusion. _____________ By Rachel F Historians have estimated that at least 58% of all enslaved women between 15 and 30 years of age were sexually assaulted by white men during the antebellum period. In…
Higher unemployment and economic woes spell big trouble for migrants and visible minorities
Finland got shocking news Thursday when postal company Itella announced that it may shed up to 1,200 jobs, according to Yle in English. Taking into account that unemployment shot up in 2013 to 7.9% from 6.9% in the previous year, what do these two news stories mean for the migrant and visible minority community? Those…
Trade Union Pro leader affair: PS leadership claims it is a victim of hate speech
Perussuomalaiset (PS) party secretary Riikka Slunga-Poutsalo put her two cents on tabloid Ilta-Sanomat Tuesday by stating that Antti Rinne is guilty of hate speech against her party. One matter is an MP filing police charges against a person for having an opinion and the other is for the party leadership to back such action. Migrant…
MP files police charges against union leader for naming the PS a party of racists and fascists
Can you believe that an MP of the Perussuomalaiset (PS) party, Kaj Turunen, has filed charges against Trade Union Pro chairman Antti Rinne for stating on a Helsingin Sanomt interview that the right-wing populist party had no scruples and therefore open to racism and fascism, according to Uusi Suomi. Believe it or not, Turunen believes…