Jari Ronkainen is a candidate from the town of Hollola near Lahti in the April parliamentary elections. Should it surprise us that he his a member of the Perussuomalaiset (PS)* party? In a campaign video he divides migrants in two groups: those that integrate and those that don’t. Migrant Tales got in touch with the candidate by phone. Are you…
Tag: stereotyping
Time warp Fazer of Finland: Stereotyping Mediterranean “gigolos” to sell salt licorice
I was surprised to see Fazer, a Finnish foodservice company, advertising salt licorice on television with the help of a 1980s stereotype of a Southern European gigolo who speaks Finnish with a me-Tarzan-you-Jane accent. Migrant Tales sent an email to Fazer Monday morning about the ad but never got a reply. I did, however, get in touch…