Xenophobia tends to pile up. Like blacks in the United States, Finland’s “black” problem is Russia, and from the 1990s, Muslims. In the 1980s, when I lived permanently in Finland, and about 12,000 foreign nationals were living in the country, the racist undercurrent that flowed like a mighty river was ever-present. It reminded you whenever
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The PS’ and Jussi Halla-aho’s “circus” tour continues after fascist Toni Jalonen resigns as PS Youth vice president
THIS POST WAS UPDATED Some may believe that the big news from the weekend is that the former second vice president of the Perussuomalaiset (PS)* Youth, Toni Jalonen, admitted publicly to being “an ethnonationalist, traditionalist, and a fascist.” Reaction to what Jalonen affirmed came fast and hard after it hit social media. National Coalition Party
Read on »ERR News: Le Pen caught “unaware” of the meaning of the white power sign
The leader of the far-right Front National Marine Le Pen was caught “unaware” of the meaning of a white power sign in a selfie taken with Estonian far-right EKRE member Ruuben Kaalep, according to ERR News of Estonia.
Read on »When will we start seeing politicians giving white power signs at Finland’s parliament?
When will we start seeing politicians and, possibly government ministers, doing this in Finland? Hopefully never.
Read on »An encounter with an enraged racist Finn in a taxi driven by an Estonian
Here’s a recording of an enraged Finnish male who goes on a racist rant against an Estonian taxi driver in Finland.* The video clip has received wide coverage in Estonia. Here are some disgraceful excerpts: You went to the taxi driver course and if you can’t drive then go to the other side of
Read on »Estonia’s GasTerm Eesti uses Auschwitz photo to promote gas company
Believe it or not, the Estonian gas company, GasTerm Eesti, published on August 23 on their website a photograph of the Auschwitz concentration camp, with the infamous inscription Arbeit macht frei, or work makes you free. The caption of the published photo read: “Gas heating – flexible, convenient, and effective.” GasTerm Eesti has removed the offensive
Read on »Ilta-Sanomat tabloid ad (lööppi) from August 19, 1992
Migrant Tales will begin to publish Finnish tabloid ads* (lööppi in Finnish) from the 1990s. Taking into account that Finland’s immigrant population started to grow during that decade, it is easy at least through the main stories of tabloids like Ilta-Sanomat and Iltalehti to see how they reflected some people’s xenophobic and racist views.
Read on »Finland also locks up asylum seeker children
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- A child in the Joutseno Immigration Removal Center.
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