There were two news stories where the term “person with foreign background” was used by the media this week. The first case was reported on Wednesday, when two people with ”foreign backgrounds” were attacked in Joensuu and the second one a day later, when a suspected Finnish man who tried drive over a fifteen-year-old ”with…
Tag: Ethnic labels
“New” Finns, Finns or which ethnic label fancies you?
The term “New Finn” was recently used by Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen. Is it an appropriate label to use for foreigners living in the country?