Aihearkisto: In English

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kesäkuu 28, 2017

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In English, Racism in Academia

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The Silencing Force of Whiteness

Leonardo Custódio

In the first week of June, I participated in the workshop “Racism and Anti-racism in the Nordic Societies”[1], at the Södertörn University in Sweden. It was the first time I attended an academic anti-racism event. As a black newcomer to the field, I felt the discussions were rich and enlightening. However, I also felt how whiteness[2] in the academia can be silencing. Based on my experience in the workshop, this text is a reflection about the silencing force of whiteness in the academia and how it can affect the participation of black scholars in predominantly white groups, environments and debates. Lue loppuun →

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Touko 11, 2017

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In English, Rasismi

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Whiteness as a privilege and a struggle

Daria Krivonos

Whiteness is not a matter of skin pigmentation or phenotypical traits but a structural system of advantage that grants privilege to white people. Whiteness as a system of supremacy and privilege is based on exclusion of other groups, and hence, becomes a site of struggle for people who don’t meet the social ideal of whiteness, such as, for example, Russian-speakers in Finland. Lue loppuun →

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maaliskuu 9, 2017

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In English, Kannanotot, Maahanmuutto

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A Statement on Finland’s Current Asylum Policy

Raster.fi re-publishes a statement signed by over hundred Finnish academics on Feb 27.[i] The original statement in Finnish is available below the English version.

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On the square adjacent to Helsinki’s railway station, asylum seekers from Iraq and Afghanistan are demonstrating for a third week. They represent the victims of Finland’s new interpretation of asylum policy. Lue loppuun →

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helmikuu 27, 2017

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In English, Rasismi

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(The unexplored sides of) Everyday racism

Faith Mkwesha

 On March 8, 2016, on the occasion of International Women’s Day, I was asked to give a speech about safety at a public demonstration in Turku. The event was organized by individual activists together with KJAR (the System of Free Women Society of East Kurdistan). The theme was Take Back the Night, which has been a rallying point for different feminist demonstrations in Turku during the last three years. In 2016, the theme Take Back the Night was motivated by a desire to reclaim public space from fascist and nationalist groups that had roamed in public spaces in the city at night. They claim that their motive is to protect Finnish white women who are under threat of rape and physical violence by migrant men. These groups have practiced violence and hatred towards women, racialized people, trans* people and other marginalized groups.  Like in all nationalist projects, women’s bodies are being used as arguments for racist values. Lue loppuun →

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joulukuu 8, 2016

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Why Trump? Examining racism, gender and capitalism

Suvi Keskinen

Since the elections on November 9th that resulted in Donald Trump being chosen as the next President of the US, various explanations have been presented by commentators in newspapers, TV and social media. Many of them, at least in Finland, seem to centre on the role of the white working-class and discuss how people in areas that suffer from large scale industrial decline wanted political change. However, this is a very narrow and to some extent misleading analysis of the complex problematics leading to the victory of Trump Lue loppuun →

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marraskuu 30, 2016

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In English, Rasismi, Rasisminvastaisuus

Is there such a thing… A study of antiracism education in Finland (A summary)

Aminkeng A Alemanji

“Hello I am Amin, a researcher at the University of Helsinki working on the issue of antiracism education in Finland.” This is how I often introduce myself to people only to observe a quiet exclamation and a smug smile. I often wonder if this is because of who I am or what I am doing or if it is just my accent. In March 2015, a journalist working for YLE news helped me understand the reason for my interlocutors’ reactions when she followed her smile with the question “Oh is there such a thing (as antiracism education) in Finland?” Lue loppuun →

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marraskuu 21, 2016

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Listen to the discussion on antiracist activism and challenging normative whiteness

What are the central questions for antiracism today and what kinds of strategies do activists and researchers use in their struggles towards an antiracist future? What is critical antiracist activism and how are understandings of it related to our intersecting positionalities? These are some of the questions that were addressed by activists and researchers in a panel discussion, organised by Raster network, at the Antiracist Forum. Lue loppuun →