I went to bed in a terrible world and awoke inside a worse one. At the time of writing, details of the Norwegian atrocity are still emerging, although the identity of the perpetrator has now been confirmed and his motivation seems increasingly clear: a far-right anti-Muslim extremist who despised the ruling party.
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Crossing a line in Norway and condemning it in Finland
When does a person or group cross the magic line from right-wing populism to far-right? The tragic events that struck Norway on Friday should help us to distinguish better where that magic line is and what our reaction to it should be.
Read on »Iltalehti: Tutkijat: Rasistiset teot kumpuavat myös politiikasta
Tutkijoiden mielestä poliittisen kentän uudet tuulet ovat vaikuttaneet ihmisten asenteisiin maahanmuuttajia kohtaan. STT:n haastattelemat rasismin ja politiikan tutkijat näkevät yhteyden, jota on eduskuntavaalien jälkeen spekuloitu kahvipöytäkeskusteluissa ympäri maan.
Read on »Racism in Finland and elsewhere
Every society has its racists but the question is where we draw the line. For a country like Finland, the problem of drawing a clear line hinges on that there are so few immigrant and ethnic groups that moved to this country from the second half of last century.
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