Migrant Tales insight: Reija Härkönen is well-known anti-racism activist in Finland who has her heart in the right place. I agree with her: What is happening in Finland today is shameful and reveals more cowardice than good judgment.
Month: September 2017
QUOTE OF THE DAY: Why do racists hate and target Muslims?
“Finland and Europe are suspicious of Muslims because their racism and hatred have ensured that their ‘integration’ polices have failed despite the fact that the majorty of Muslims are well-adapted. Instead of blaming their own prejudices for their failures, they scapegoat a religious and ethnic group.”
Finland’s politics of discrimination and exclusion are seen in your thin pension
Decades of labor discrimination in Finland adds up to one terrible reality for some migrants: a thin pension and poverty. If in this decade the pay gap between migrants and white Finns was 25% (36,800 euros versus 27,500 euros made by migrants), it’s clear that their pension will not add up to much.
Migrants suffer from the Ulysses syndrome, societies from the Cyclopse syndrome
I wrote a story in Migrant Tales nine years ago about the Ulysses syndrome, an illness that affects migrants, which speaks volumes about the lives of asylum seekers in Finland and how officials and the government contribute to their misery. If the Ulysses syndrome explains the suffering of migrants what would we call a society that is indifferent to their suffering?
The real victims of Glev Simanov’s videotapes are the minors he filmed and published without permission on social media
Remember the bus driver that videotaped only Somalis and accused them without any proof of bumming a ride? Remember when he published without permission his racist treatment of them on social media? Gleb Simanov got fired the same week but in August Onnibus, a bus company, hired him.
Oi nouse, Suomi, näytit maailmalle
Suomi itsenäisyyden juhlavuonna 2017. Sen piti olla upea, yhteinen vuosi. Jotkut ovat kuitenkin sitä mieltä, että juhlat eivät parane, ellei väki vähene.
Ihmisellä on oikeus olla ihminen
Vielä tänään minulla on oikeus: olla kaveri sen kanssa, kenen kanssa haluan olla olla ystävällinen myös tuntemattomalle ihmiselle kutsua ihminen kotiin, syöttää ja juottaa ja vaikka antaa jäädä yöksi, nukkua puhtailla lakanoilla, minkä värisillä hyvänsä olla ilmoittamatta poliisille, jos joku syö, juo, laulaa tai nukkuu luonani ottaa luokseni ihminen yöpymään esimerkiksi internetin Flee b&b -järjestelmän…