The normalization of racism and government policy that reinforces the social illness are the sad examples that will get worse as long as National Coalition Party Prime Minister Petter Orpo leads the government with the Perussuomalaiset (PS).*
One way of putting some breaks on the adverse climate of polarization and xenophobia is by forcing the government to fall.
Normalization happens when even the opposition can cave into the pushback law that ended Finland’s respect for human rights and the rule of law.
The pushback law says it clearly: asylum seekers are animals who don’t deserve human rights.
Thanks to Petteri Orpo’s toothless anti-racism measures, white power is gaining strength in Finland and emboldens racists. Picture: Enrique Tessieri
The normalization of racism happens through the media as well by portraying migrants and asylum seekers as the guilty suspects when, in fact, they are the victims of our draconian migration policy and our lack of empathy.
The media, which is a big part of Finland’s racism problem, is toothless when it reports on ministers like Mari Rantanen, who is the biggest threat to migrant and minority rights.
If the government could shape your thinking, Rantanen and her cronies want you to believe that migrants and asylum seekers are lowlifes taking advantage of the social welfare system.
The next measure suggested by the likes of Rantanen is to offer social security only to Finns.
Here is the question: Why do foreigners pay taxes in that type of dark world where you are a mere visitor in Finland?
