Hate speech, hate crime, and racism appear to rank low on police’s priority list. Many people who have turned to the police to report such a crime are usually surprised by the following fact: slow response and reaction; your case may never see the light of a day in court. A shameful case is that
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How is coronavirus impacting the Asian community of Finland?
It’s highly probable that the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had a racist knock-on effect against Asians and other visible migrants and minorities. While this may be the case, the question is, why is it underreported or hardly ever mentioned by the media? A story in Helsingin Sanomat, dated February 7, interviews a Chinese national: “People use
Read on »Facebook Danilo Canguçu: Racism on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Migrant Tales insight: I got in touch with Danilo Canguçu, whom I thanked for bringing to public attention what had happened after being harassed in a racist manner. He did the right thing, and others should follow his example. Since public authorities too often only offer lip service instead of action in fighting racist abuse,
Read on »A racist harassing a young Muslim woman at the bus terminal of Mikkeli, Finland
On taking the 8:30 pm bus today to Helsinki from Mikkeli, a white-middle-aged redneck (WhiMAR) started to get too close to a young young woman, possibly from Afghanistan, with an older lady and a young man. It wasn’t clear what the man said to the young woman, but he told his fat WhiMAR friend that, “She’s a good- looking woman even if she wears a rag [hijab].”
Read on »Twitter (Dr. Faith Mkwesha): The n-word costs 60 euros
Migrant Tales insight: How much do the Finnish court take seriously racist harassment and hate speech? From the case below, it appears that yelling the n-word to a woman by two young white Finns will get a light tap on the hand.
Read on »Facebook: White Finnish woman hurling racist insults and a bucket of water
Migrant Tales insight: When I read Ruth Waweru-Folabit’s story on Facebook below I wondered what is going on with this country. She is a black woman from Kenya sitting with her two children aged 8 and 3 years with another woman, a white USAmerican and her two children aged 8 and five years. It happened in the Helsinki neighborhood of Herttoniemi.
Read on »When racism in Finland becomes “normal”
Migrant Tales insight: As the politicians and media in Finland turn their backs on the ever-increasing racism in this country, there are a few brave people who don’t remain silent. A brave young woman in Lahti preferred not to remain silent at a bar as two black men were being harassed at a bar in
Read on »Kenyan insulted by racist Finnish woman: “You’re a f***ing African woman…”
How would you feel if a total stranger starts to insult you in public? Has it ever happened to you? When something like that happens you feel that you’ve been violated and torn to little shreds.
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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