What if most of the anti-immigration talking points spread by politicians like Jussi Halla-aho, Riikka Purra, and most of the Perussuomalaiset (PS)* party are just outright lies and urban legends? What if those false arguments put Finland in economic and social peril because they are untrue?
Even if the Cato Institute list applies to the United States, it sits very well with Finland. The same arguments are made against immigrants in the United States are made in Finland.
Ara Malikian is a musician that awakens the magic from his violin. Isn’t it surprising when we can travel easily from one country to the next, there are still people who don’t accept that we can build many homes during our lifetime in many countries? We can be from one, two, or many places simultaneously.
What would you call those who discriminate against you based on being from many cultures? In my opinion, such people are in the same league as the worst racists. Like the racist, they too are denying your rights based on your background.
If the Tweet below is anything to go by, Ara Malikian must feel the same way.
He Tweets: “In Lebanon didn’t consider me to be fully “Lebanese” because of my Armenian origin; the Armenians didn’t consider me to be fully “Armenian” because I was born in Lebanon. When I established myself in Europe, they didn’t consider me “European” because I wasn’t born in Europe; it took years to be at peace with myself, accept who I am, and accept being an “eternal” foreigner. I have lived in Spain for 20 years and have Spanish citizenship. They disqualified me from the Latin Grammys for not being sufficiently Latin, considering that I was nominated for one of those Grammys four years ago and had performed at the inauguration gala for three years. Does someone understand this?”
Remember the real estate agent from Espoo who asked for a client’s personal information by disregarding the non-discrimination act? The person in question was a candidate for the Perussuomalaiset* party in the June municipal election. He did not get elected.
Below, it one message that the real estate agent sent Husein Hamiid, who has lived in Finland for over 20 years.
“How old are you? What kind of family and relatives do you have? What is your religion? How much rent could you pay jointly for the restaurant and hotel? How long of a rent agreement would you want? Could you send me a picture of your family? What year did you come to Finland? Answer these questions first, and then I will call the owner!”Source: Husein Hamiid
Hamiid has filed charges against the real estate agent to the police about the incident and got in touch with the Federation of Real Estate Agency that sent (30.7) the following email message:
“Hi.
The Federation of Real Estate Agency neither gives advice nor handles complaints or disputes by brokerage firms…Moreover, the guide to good rental practices addresses discrimination. The guidelines state that rental brokerage agreements [between parties] must abide by non-discrimination legislation. The landlord and the broker are free to evaluate and select the [potential] tenant, but this cannot happen on discriminatory grounds. Acceptable criteria include, for example, the future tenant’s financial solvency as well as other factors related to the fulfillment of tenancy obligations. The selection of a tenant cannot hinge – for example – on origin, nationality, religion, or disability. If the applicant meets the requirements, the apartment cannot be left unleased due only to their foreign background. The real estate intermediary is obliged to inform the client of the prohibition of discriminatory practices and refuse to accept such an order based on discriminatory terms.
Muistatko kun espoolainen kiinteistönvälittäjä pyysi henkilökohtaista tietoa asiakasta piittamatta yhdenvertaisuutta? Hän oli myös perussuomalaisten kuntavaali ehdokas kesäkuussaeikä tullut valituksi.
Tässä on viesti joka kiinteistönvälittäjä lähetti Husein Hamiidille, joka on asunut Suomessa yli 20 vuotta.
Lähde: Husein Hamiid
Hamiid on jo tehnyt rikosilmoituksen asiasta ja ottanut yhteyttää Kiinteistönvälitysalan Keskusliittoon, joka lähetti (30.7.2021) hänelle seuraavan sähköpostiviesti:
“Hei.
Kiinteistönvälitysalan Keskusliitto ei tarjoa neuvontaa tai käsittele välitysliikkeitä koskevia valituksia tai riita-asioita…Lisäksi Hyvän vuokravälitystavan ohjeessa todetaan yhdenvertaisuudesta. Ohjeen mukaan vuokravälityksessä on otettava huomioon yhdenvertaisuuslainsäädäntö. Vuokranantaja sekä välittäjä voivat vapaasti arvioida ja valita vuokralaisen, mutta eivät syrjivin perustein. Hyväksyttäviä arviointiperusteita ovat esimerkiksi vuokralaisen maksukyky ja muut vuokrasuhteen velvoitteiden täyttämiseen liittyvät perusteet. Vuokralaisvalintaa ei kuitenkaan saa perustaa esimerkiksi vuokralaisehdokkaan alkuperään, kansalaisuuteen, uskontoon tai vammaisuuteen liittyvään syyhyn. Esimerkiksi asuntoa ei voi jättää vuokraamatta asunnonhakijalle pelkästään hänen ulkomaalaistaustansa vuoksi, jos hän täyttää muut valintakriteerit. Välittäjän velvollisuutena on tiedottaa myös toimeksiantajaa syrjinnänkiellosta ja viime kädessä kieltäytyä vastaanottamasta toimeksiantoa, jossa on syrjiviä ehtoja.
Some Finns have not received high scores for their subtleness but can be sometimes outright offensive. Taru Owston, a councellor at Tampere University of Applied Sciences (Tamk), gave a stern warning to international students at her talk.
It’s not rocket science to understand that cheating is unacceptable in all countries and cultures. It also happens in Finland. A Finnish MEP, Laura Huhtasaari, was caught for plagarism.
Is she the only plagirsm case in Finland? Probably not.
Owston recommends that international students should go and study in other countries if they want to cheat. Does she mean that in those counteis cheating is acceptable?
Councellor Taru Owston telling international stunts that cheating is a no-no.
Warned Owston:
“We ask you to work a lot together. and help each other. But there is a little bit of confusion here. We’ve had problems with our international students with cheating. So you are very welcome to work together during the times when you are learning. But then when it comes to testing, we’d like you to work on your own. So, cheating in any form, copying from others, using sources that you don’t credit, and using some other material that you are not supposed to, we really don’t like it. And if you are that way inclined you better go and study in another country.”
Haluatko tietää miksi Perussuomalaiset vastustavat Kokoomuksen ehdotus tiukentaa maahanmuuttolinjansa? Tanskasta löytyy vastaus.
Kirjoittaa Yle 2019 vaaleista: “Tanskan poliittista keskustelua pitkään hallinnut ja muutkin suuret puolueet maahanmuuttopolitiikan rajuihin kiristyksiin yllyttänyt kansanpuolue koki vaaleissa rökäletappion. Kun vielä vuoden 2015 vaaleissa oikeistopopulistista kansanpuoluetta äänesti 21,1 prosenttia tanskalaisista, oli äänisaalis nyt vain 8,7 prosenttia.”
Perussuomalaiset pelkäävät sama kohtalo kun Tanskan kansanpuolue.
It isn’t surprising that the National Coalition Party’s (Kokoomus) proposal to tighten social security guidelines between migrants and “white Finns” (kantasuomalaiset) has caused confusion. The answer is simple and hinges on the fact that ethnicity and race are social constructs.
The mix-up over the use of the term kantasuomalainenhas not only caught Kokoomus by surprise, but it also reveals their ignorance and simplistic view on integration.
MP Pia Kauma, who made a questionable name for herself in 2014, when she wrongfully accused Somali mothers of getting social welfare to buy new baby carriages due to cultural reasons (sic!), is at it again. Before, it was baby carriages, now it’s taking away constitutional rights.
The development of Kokoomus MP Pia Kauma from baby carriages (left) to racializing (holding phrenology calipers to measure the size of the skull) migrants and punishing them because they don’t “integrate.” Why would I ever want to integrate into a country that Kauma envisages?Sources: Migrant Tales and Facebook
But let’s cut to the chase: Why are people like Kauma and Kokoomus defining who we are? We have a right to call ourselves whatever we wish and, to use one of the Perussuomalaiset catchphrases, we have the right “to take back” our identity from people who don’t mean well. We decide who and what we are.
What would you do if a real estate agent asked you the following questions and demand: How old are you? What kind of family and relatives do you have? Send me a picture of your family! What is your religious background? What year did you come to Finland?
That real estate agent, who was a candidate in Espoo for the far-right Perussuomalaiset (PS)* party in the municipal elections of June, asked in writing these questions of a prospective client.
Husein Hamiid is a Finnish citizen and has lived in Finland for over twenty years. He was interested in renting a restaurant and hotel from the real-estate agent when, to his surprise, he was hit with the above questions.
“How old are you? What kind of family and relatives do you have? What is your religion? How much rent could you pay jointly for the restaurant and hotel? How long of a rent agreement would you want? Could you send me a picture of your family? What year did you come to Finland? Answer these questions first, and then I will call the owner!”
The real estate agent sends another message:
“Husein, I cannot present you to the seller/landlord if I don’t have any information about you. I am not a racist and all the information about the client stays with me. The owner is not renting the place and I may possibly help you if I can tell the owner about your family. I don’t seek your social security number but I cannot also give you the owner’s [contact] information because he has authorized me to sell this real estate. Thus you cannot get directly in touch the owner. Have a good day.”
Certainly, the actions of the real estate agent are outright discriminatory and reveal the many challenges that non-white Finns have in Finland when they are treated as second-class citizens.
Hamid has vowed to go to the police to charge the real estate agent for his requests.
We will update the story when we get more information on the police’s reaction.
Espoolainen kiinteistönvälittäjä ja perussuomalaisten kuntavaaliehdokas haluaa henkilökohtaista tietoa asiakkailta.
Husein Hamiid on suomen kansalainen ja asunut Suomessa yli 20 vuotta.
Hän lähestyi välittäjää, koska kiinnostui ravintolan ja hotellin vuokraamisesta. Hän sai seuraavan sähköpostiviestin kiinteistövälittäjältä:
Hei! Minkä ikäinen olet? Millainen perhe ja lähisuku sinulla on? Mikä on uskonnollinen taustasi ? Kuinka paljon voisit maksaa vuokraa ravintolasta ja Hotellista yhteensä? Kuinka pitkän vuokrasopimuksen haluaisit? Lähetä minulle kuva perheestäsi! Minä vuonna olette tulleet Suomeen?Vastaa ensin näihin, sitten soitan omistajalle!
Lähde: Facebook
Luitte oikein. Kiinteistönvälittäjä haluaa kuva hänen perheestä, tieto uskonnollisesta taustasta sekä minä vuonna hän tuli Suomeen.
Välittäjä lähetti toinen sähköpostiviesti Hamiidille:
Husein, en voi esitellä sinua myyjälle/vuokranantajalle jos en tiedä sinusta mitään. En ole rasisti ja kaikki asiat joita minä asiakkaista tiedän pysyy minun takanani. Omistaja ei ole vuokraamassa paikkaa ja voisin ehkä auttaa sinua jos voisin kertoa omistajalle jotain perheestäsi. En tarvitse henkilötunnustasi enkä liian henkilökohtaisia tietoja, mutta en voi myöskään antaa sinulle omistajan tietoja koska hän on valtuuttanut minut myymään tämän kohteen. Eli sinä et voi soittaa suoraan omistajalle.Hyvää päivän jatkoa.
Mitä mieltä olette? Onko kiinteistönvälittäjälle oikeus pyytää mm. kuva perheestä ja uskonnollinen taustasta?
The latest unconstitutional proposal by National Coalition Party (Kokoomus) MP Pia Kauma and her party is an example of how right-wing parties in Finland bully vulnerable migrants. What makes the whole proposal a publicity stunt and a further sucking up to the Perussuomalaiset (PS)* by Kokoomus, is MP Kauma.
While the political reasons are clear for Kauma and Kokoomus to target migrants, a big question remains: Why is the latest proposal important for Kauma and her party? Do these migrants, who represent about 10% of the total migrant population of Finland, pose such a drain on public finances?
A tweet sent in 2014 to then Kokoomus Prime Minister Alexander Stubb.
There is also the question of Kauma’s credibility and her questionable track record.
In 2014 and based on rumors, she pointed the finger at Somali mothers alleging that they claimed social welfare to buy new baby carriages. They could not use used babby carriages because it was against their religion (sic!)
Kauma never backed her statements, but at the end, she never proved those ridiculous and harmful claims to migrant women based on hearsay. She apologized for her racist comments, but she is at it again. This time it isn’t baby carriages but outright discrimination of migrants.
Apart from opportunistic politicking and political bullying, Kokoomus’ plan raises a lot of questions about Finland:
Does Kokoomus and Finland, in general, believe, as the Constitution states, in social equality for all?
Is this why Finns use the term tasa-arvo (gender equality) when referring to social equality?
Does social equality mean, in effect, only gender equality?
If Finland were serious about implementing its values like social equality, it would solve many integration issues. Our society would offer incentives for inclusion, not punish a person for being a migrant.
Would Finland have such an Islamophobic opposition party like the PS if it took its social justice and equality values seriously?
All of these points, in my opinion, reveal the hypocrisy of our society. It also states that we will do little to nothing to correct the situation in the future.
