In the logic of the far-right Perussuomalaiset (PS)* party, the new youth leader of the party is genetically suspect with one of his parents being from the Philippines. Certainly, his name, Lauri Laitinen, has helped, but it proves a point: cultural and ethnic diversity does not pave the way for greater understanding.
While my point is not to mock Laitinen’s background, it does raise some questions about hypocrisy. Ethnic background does not ensure a greater “understanding” of diversity but can have the opposite effect.
Disagree? Look at the Tory government in the UK and the hardline immigration policies of Suella Braverman.
Considering that the PS is a party that believes in ethnonationalism, so does Laitinen. It’s odd, that Helsingin Sanomat did not mention anything about this far-right conspiracy theory.
Laitinen defended in a Helsingin Sanomat letter to the editor why linguistic and ethnic homogeneity is a good matter. Laitinen likes to talk about “harmful” migration as a motive for why he got into politics.
Source: Helsingin Sanomat
It is interesting that Helsingin Sanomat gives so much space to the new youth leader of the PS and forgets to mention his problematic views about migrants, which are clearly against our laws.
