Exposing white Finnish privilege #91: The right to generalize and victimize minorities

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Those who are worried about the blow to the credibility of the security guards due to several scandals that even led to the death of a woman in Espoo are quick to point out one should not jump to conclusions and label all security guards and the sector.

True, we should always be careful not to generalize.

There is, however, something wrong with that defense. The same people who are saying that we must not generalize are the ones who constantly generalize about migrants.

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Downplaying the problem is also an important part of the narrative about white crime versus crime committed by minorities.

A-studio talk show hosted by Marja Sannikka, who is opinionated on migrants, is a good example of playing down the problem and outright denial.

Trying to give the impression that the scandal was not a broader case of toxic work culture, one after another attempted to play down the problem.

Perussuomalaiset* MP Mari Rantanen, who usually has nothing good to say about migrants in parliament, was surprised by the use of excessive force by security guards. Last month in parliament, she placed the blame of the supposed youth gang violence “problem” on Finland’s failed immigration policy.

Sanna Heikinheimo of the National Police Board said that the few suspects using excessive force are only a minority compared with the 65,000 people who work as security guards.

The same could be true about the number of youth members in gangs, which, according to police estimates, number between “100 and 200 people.”

According to Statistics Finland, there were in 2021 a total of 469,633 people in Finland with “foreign backgrounds.” That totals 0.04% of those youths that are members of gangs. Moreover, those members citied by the police are not even suspected of crimes.

So what gives?

Finnish white privilege #91

The way politicians, the police, and the media frames youth gangs, which are supposed to comprise mainly people of migrant backgrounds, offer a good opportunity to study how white Finnish privilege works when white Finns and minorities commit crimes.

The debate about the security guard scandals offers us a dichotomy: those who play down the crime tend to label all minorities at will by calling attention to the problem.

Why don’t we speak in the same way about minorities as white Finns? Why have we heard dear little from the police that despite an alleged gang violence problem, why don’t they say that we should not label all minority youths?

Finnish white privilege is exposed once again.

See also:

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• Defining white Finnish privilege #2: Third culture children versus “pupil with immigrant background” 
• Defining white Finnish privilege #3 No history, no doctrine, no heroes and no martyrs
• Defining white Finnish privilege #4 Holding the short end of the stick
• Defining white Finnish privilege #5 It’s ok to be a racist
• Defining white Finnish privilege #6 Not having a voice and the media
• Defining white Finnish privilege #7 A definitive guide
• Defining white Finnish privilege #8 Underrated and less intelligent
• Defining white Finnish privilege #9 Mohammad Ali’s insight
• Defining white Finnish privilege #10 I can victimize and make up any story I like about migrants because I’m white
• Defining white Finnish privilege #11: Case Teuvo Hakkarainen
• Defining white Finnish privilege #12: Case Tom Packalén
• Defining white Finnish privilege #13: Case Matti Putkonen
• Defining white Finnish privilege #14: Losing sight of the real issue
• Defining white Finnish privilege #15: Case Halla-ago on the PS
• Defining white Finnish privilege #16: Rosa Emilia Clay and my history versus yours
• Defining white Finnish privilege #17: The Perussuomalaiset and our civil rights
• Exposing white Finnish privilege #88: A Facebook page that asks white people if they look like a Finn?
• Defining white Finnish privilege #18: Labeling others according to your prejudice
• Defining white Finnish privilege #19: My rape statistics about your group
• Defining white Finnish privilege #20: Labeling Others to strengthen “us” and “them.”
• Defining white Finnish privilege #21: Who can be a Finn?
• Defining white Finnish privilege #22: From racist, fascist to a politician without memory
• Defining white Finnish privilege #23: Greater police powers to monitor migrants and minorities
• Defining white Finnish privilege #24: Becoming a heartless accomplice in wars and people’s suffering
• Defining white Finnish privilege #25: This land is my land, this isn’t your land
• Defining white Finnish privilege #26: Are you an ethnic Finn?
• Defining white Finnish privilege #27: White versus Other media
• Defining white Finnish privilege #28: Are you an ethnic Finn (Part 2)?
• Defining white Finnish privilege #29: Your family is worth less than mine
• White Finnish privilege #30: Whitewashing and racializing the news
• White Finnish privilege #31: The Soldiers of Odin and the Finnish media
• White Finnish privilege #32: The white Finnish police and “them” 
• White Finnish privilege #33: Appropriating our narrative to maintain the status quo, amass more power and privilege
• White Finnish privilege #34: Building a political career on privilege and nativist nationalism   
• White Finnish privilege #35: Case Sampo Terho and the ministry of (dis)culture
• White Finnish privilege #36: Hate speech and censorship
• White Finnish privilege #37: The master of near-everything
• Defining white Finnish privilege #38: Cultural appropriation and racism are quaint discussion topics between white Finns
• Exposing white Finnish privilege #39: The Hollywood ending of racism that will never happen in Finland
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• Exposing white Finnish privilege #42: Labeling and shaming
• Exposing white Finnish privilege #43: White versus dark skin
• Exposing white Finnish privilege #44: Defending Nazis’ rights to march is ok as long we agree on the common enemy
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