Newly elected Perussuomalaiset (PS)* MP Laura Huhtasaari, who is trying to make a name for herself with an anti-immigration agenda, believes that migration from Islamic countries is a security risk for Finland, according to Pori-based daily Satakunnan Kansa, which cites Helsingin Sanomat.
Month: April 2015
Migrant Tales (June 16, 2012): The crux of European racism – too little inclusion, too much race and blood
Much of the way Europeans perceive themselves as a group today is still deeply embedded in racism. The fact that we haven’t yet even started to confront the legacy of colonialism, which fuels our ”us” and ”them” view of the world, reveals a disturbing fact: There’s still too little inclusion and acceptance in this part…
Finland 2015 is a sinking ship: Throw overboard excess weight like migrants, refugees, minorities and our Nordic values
What destiny can befall a country or a political party that retreats into its own fears and scapegoats migrants for its own blunders and inaction? As one friend pointed out, Finland resembles today a sinking ship that is throwing overboard excess weight like migrants, refugees, minorities and Nordic values. The situation is dire, very dire….
Friday’s A-studio: Attack the weak and vulnerable in Finland because they can’t fight back
In many respects the success of the Perussuomalaiset (PS)* party in the last two parliamentary elections could be seen as a last cry against our ever-growing cultural diversity, which is a reality and will continue to grow in the future. Newly elected PS MP Laura Huhtasaari was one of the guests on Friday’s A-studio together with Green…
Thursday’s A-studio: How the Finnish media and politicians paint immigrants with a single brush
I almost fell off my seat when I watched A-studio Thursday. Perussuomalaiset (PS)* MP Hanna Mäntylä justified the ongoing victimization and labeling of Finland’s small migrant community. She said this was fine because some white Finns are poor. “We have in effect people who live and are on the verge of suffering from hunger because…
Christian Thibault: Don’t let fear intimidate you but watch your back!
Christian Thibault, chairman of Rasmus, an anti-racism NGO, asks how safe are our streets for migrants and minorities after Sunday’s parliamentary elections? Thibault is concerned but doesn’t want anyone to live in fear. “Don’t withdraw into safe ghettos,” he continued, “but be careful especially this coming weekend [when people of the Perussuomalaiset (PS)* will be celebrating the…
PS MP Immonen wants “a nationalistic revolution” in Finland
Perussuomalaiset (PS)* MP Olli Immonen appears to be on a crusade lined with pipe dreams. Immonen, who is chairman of the far-right Suomen Sisu association, which discourages white Finns from marrying foreigners, wrote that “the people” should grab power and start “a nationalistic revolution.” Pekka Venamo, the former leader of the Finnish Rural Party (SMP), has linked…
Thomas Elfgren: Parahin Timo Soini
Thomas Elfgren Vilpittömät onnitteluni puolueenne vaalituloksesta. Saavutitte lähes saman kuin edellisissä vaaleissa ja sen myötä teillä on ansaittu paikka hallitusneuvotteluissa. Saimme ennen vaaleja esimakua yhteiskuntamallista, jossa tuomiot jaetaan turuilla ja toreilla ja rautakangeilla varustetut katupartiot ryhtymässä niiden täytäntöönpanoon. Sitä kutsutaan anarkismiksi – eräänlainen vastakohta demokratialle.
UPDATE 2 (Apr. 22): Migrant Tales’ 2015 Hall of Poor and Sloppy Journalism
Migrant Tales’ 2015 Hall of Poor and Sloppy Journalism will be updated separately. To see other examples of opinionated journalism in Finland about cultural diversity, please go to this link. Apr. 22 YLE poll: Majority of Finns oppose work-based immigration (YLE) What’s wrong with this story? In 2010 Migrant Tales asked when these type of what-Finns-think-off-immigrant polls would…
UPDATE (Apr. 22): Migrant Tales’ 2015 Hall of Poor and Sloppy Journalism
Migrant Tales’ 2015 Hall of Poor and Sloppy Journalism will be updated separately. To see other examples of opinionated journalism in Finland about cultural diversity, please go to this link. Apr. 22 Tapanilan joukkoraiskauksesta syytteet viidelle (YLE) What’s wrong with this story? The news story by YLE on sentencing five youths with so-called “foreign backgrounds” is an…