Janita

I don’t want anyone to face the kind of discrimination that I have experienced and still do. I hope that when people become more aware of the subject, they start to think more about their own behaviour. You can always intervene and stick up for the victim.

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Vuokko

My daughter witnessed a bus driver with a foreign background being insulted by a native Finn after the bus was involved in an accident. Not a single adult intervened to stop the abusive language. It took us a long time to process the incident. Twelve-year-olds today are used to immigrants in their…

Michaela

For pretty much every mode of public transport, I can tell you stories about how I have been called names, insulted, spat on and even assaulted. I remember each and every one of these experiences. But even better I remember the few times when, for once, an onlooker stood up for…

Rebekka

I have noticed that when a brown person enters public transport, people often react somehow. Sometimes people for example pull their bags into their laps more tightly. They have some prejudices. One time I saw a woman immediately grimace and change seats when a woman wearing a headscarf was going…

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