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…
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MP Wille Rydman’s racist malarkey is a copy-and-paste job of the Perussuomalaiset
Wille Rydman is a National Coalition Party (NCP) MP who has built his career on xenophobia and racist soundbites. For some in the NCP, he is known as the Halla-aho of the party. Perussuomalaiset (PS) chairperson Jussi Halla-aho is largely responsible for steering the party further to the far-right. He was convicted of ethnic agitation…
Atte Kaleva is a populist who spreads and dwells in Islamophobic soundbites
National Coalition Party (Kokoomus) MP candidate Atte Kaleva, who has overtaken Wille Rydman as the Halla-aho of his party, held a talk on March 15 in East Helsinki on “why multiculturalism doesn’t work.”
Reija Härkönen: Rasistisesta solvaamisesta tulisi sakottaa paikan päällä
Kun kaupan kassa, tummaihoinen suomalainen neitokainen, saa asiakkaalta päälleen rasististen solvausten ryöpyn, muut asiakkaat tyytyvät yleensä vain katsomaan vierestä, jotkut ehkä puuttuvat asiaan, mutta solvaaja ei käytöstään muuta. Hänhän on perussuomalaisen nykyopin mukaan oikeassa ja rasismi ei kuulemma ole rikos.