Adam kirjoittaa: “En koskaan uskonut, että elämässä kohtaamani uusnatsien tappoyritykset sekä tiettyjen valittujen naapurien huutelut ja kostotoimet terrorismista jatkuisivat tällaiseen erittäin julkiseen vihantekoon omassa kotikaupungissani, tai kotimaassani Suomessa ylipäätänsä. Olen sanaton.” Kiitoksia Adam, että otit yhteyttä meihin. Enrique Tessieri This Facebook posting was reprinted by Migrant Tales with permission.
Month: May 2015
Systemic racism in Finland
A video clip below by Jay Smooth published by Race Forward gives us simple good examples of how systemic or institutional racism occurs in the United States. Is systemic racism a problem in Finland? If so, how and where does it occur?
The new Finnish government’s immigration policy is a farce that will scare away new immigrants
One of the first reactions that some had concerning the immigration policy of the new government was that it wasn’t as bad as some expected. Others even went as far as to say that Perussuomalaiset (PS) chairman Timo Soini caved in and showed again his true political turncoat colors. The question we should be asking…
Facebook: Islamophobia and Danish Justice Minister Mette Frederiksen
Islamophobia is big in Denmark, very big and ugly. The Perussuomalaiset (PS)* have a special relationship with the Islamophobic Danish People’s Party (DPP). Don’t be surprised if Finland we’ll have one day ministers like Mette Frederiksen who spread Islamophobia as if it were the most normal thing in the world. Frederiksen isn’t a member of…
The best medicine against xenophobia is to open the doors to immigration
A total about-turn in immigration policy would be a massive blow to xenophobia and the climate of suspicion that presently exists in Finland. Contrarily the more restrictions you erect against migrants and cultural diversity the more myths and prejudices you’ll need to keep up those walls. Those walls aren’t friendly at all but hostile with…
ENAR: Racist crime continues to be a significant problem in all European countries
There were in the European Union in 2013 a total of 47,210 racist crimes, according to a first-ever report that doesn’t use official sources but those provided by NGOs, according to the European Network Against Racism (ENAR). The anti-racism Brussels-based NGO states that the amount of officially recorded racist crimes is only the tip of the…
An apology from a former Islamophobe
Kathrin Oetrel of Pegida, which stands for Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West, formally apologized for her role as spokeswoman in the far-right Islamophobic movement. When will Islamophobic and xenophobic politicians in countries like Finland apologize in the same manner as Pegida’s former spokeswoman? Don’t hold your breaths, however. There will be no…
Institute of Race Relations: Why we should listen when the UN condemns the UK’s ‘extremist media’
Matt Carr Below we reproduce an article by author Matt Carr from his blog, Infernal Machine, on the current situation in the Mediterranean. British tabloid editors have never struck me as a particularly reflective and thoughtful breed of humanity, so I doubt they will be plunged into a mood of remorseful self-analysis by the very strongly-worded…
Who would you believe? PS MP Hakkarainen or the little girl at sea?
Who would it be? Perussuomalaiset (PS)* MP Teuvo Hakkarainen who got reelected below for claiming that newcomers should adapt or ship out of Finland and “a sharp no to asylum tourism,” or the silence of a little girl at sea? Yes, right, this is the very PS MP who sent an SMS message wth a picture of…
Get ready for even harder times in Finland if you are a migrant or minority
I remember right after the 2011 parliamentary elections, when the Perussuomalaiset (PS) won 39 from 5 MPs previously, that some weren’t worried. “You’ll see,” one person said. “It’s only a matter of time before they implode.”