Rasismilla tarkoitetaan ihmisryhmän pitämistä muita ihmisiä alempiarvoisena esim. etnisen alkuperän, ihonvärin, kielen, kulttuurin tai uskonnon tai perusteella. Jos puhut muista ihmisistä rasistisesti, olet rasisti. Jos käytät rasistista puhetta poliittisiin tarkoituksiin ja hankkiaksesi itsellesi tai viiteryhmällesi kannatusta, olet rasistipoliitikko. Jos äänestät tietoisesti rasistipoliitikkoa, olet rasisti. Jos et ymmärrä, että ehdokkaasi puheet ovat rasistisia, olet ehkä harhautettu…
Month: December 2020
Hall of Shame: Finland’s 2020 Islamophobic and Afrophobic network
Choosing the key figures in the Islamophobic and Afrophobic Hall of Shame wasn’t difficult even during a year ravaged by Covid-19. The task was to choose the most obvious culprits and other ones in the media that fuel and maintain such a toxic environment. In putting together this year’s Hall of Shame, I was quickly…
Exposing white Finnish privilege #76: Two news stories that expose entitlement
If the story about youth crime committed by so-called people of migrant backgrounds had been published in the United States, many would be considered misleading and racist. One in November about youth crime ended up labeling all youths of migrant origin as dangerous or potential criminals. The other one, published this month, was about the…
Finland’s Hall of Shame of its Islamophobic and Afrophobic network will be published on December 30
Migrant Tales will publish on Wednesday, December 30, people, politicians, the media, and political parties that spread Islamophobia and Afrophobia during 2020. If you would like to participate in the making of this list, please send your suggestions to [email protected]. We believe that social ills like Islamophobia, Afrophobia, and all forms of racism should be…
The PS appears desperate as their source for alternative news dims with the end of US President Trump’s administration
The Perussuoalaiset (PS)* party’s tactics are in a desperate mode as the days in office of their US political mentor, President Donald Trump, ends on January 20. PS MEP Laura Huhtasaari, a staunch Trump supporter who nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize, is one of Finland’s most representative white supremacist politicians. Her aide, Olli…
Mayday, Mayday! Two women and six children entering Finland
Following on and off news about the repatriation of Finnish citizens from the al-Hol refugee camp raises a lot of questions about our society. The opposition, namely the Perussuomalaiset (PS)* and National Coalition Party (NCP), are working overtime to score brownie points with the voters and fearmongering. The commotion is now stirred by the repatriation…
Reija Härkönen: Rasisteista puhutaan liian ylevin termein
Valtakunnan politiikassa on joukkio, joka esiintyy räyhäkkään rasistisesti, hyökkäävästi ja syrjivästi. Media kohtelee tätä sakkia pehmeästi, jopa hyväksyvästi. Vain harvoin käytetään heitä selkeästi kuvailevia termejä: rasistit, rasistipuolue, uusfasistit, uusnatsit, eduskunnan häiriköt, kansanryhmää vastaan kiihottajat. Termi, jota media usein käyttää, on ”populisti”. Sana on niin mukavan pyöreä ja pumpulinen ja kuulostaa ihan popmusiikilta. Moni persu julistaakin ylpeästi…
KOTOUTUMINEN #13: There is no good Finnish word for inclusion just like with integration before
For decades, Finland has been such a far-flung country that it still does not have any good word for inclusion, never mind any willingness to promote it to newcomers. The same happened to the word “integration,” which became part of the Finnish language in the late-1990s. Those were the good old days when foreigners and…
Another reason that reinforces Denmark as one of the most Islamophobic countries in the EU
Who could forget the former minister of immigration and integration, Inger Stojberg? Apart from her Islamophobic rhetoric, she is also remembered with a cake celebrating in 2017 the 50th tightening of Danish immigration laws. There seems to be no shortages of Islamophobic politicians in Denmark. The former minister is in a lot of hot water…
Facebook (Anders Adlecreutz): Perussuomalaiset ja valikoitua tietoa
Onko kuka laskenut montako kerta ovat Perussuomalaiset, erityisesti Jussi Halla-aho, on käyttänyt sanaa “maahanmuuttajia?” Entä kuinka monta kertaa hän on levittänyt palturia maahanmuuttajista ja maahanmuutosta? On se hieno asia, että osa politiikoista ja lehdistöstä reagoivat näihin valeuutisiin. Kiitoksia kansanedustaja Anders Adlecreutz.