#racism in sweden

[africanrefugeeswelcome]

A small tribute to what was probably the best blog that ever existed on Tumblr, its photos and images are incredible and inspiring, she, a Swedish woman, amazed at being in an interracial relationship, decided to dedicate herself to sharing how beautiful and wonderful it can be. be interracial love in the fight against racism and intolerance, showing other real couples who are happy and fulfilled in their respective interracial relationships. Unfortunately, for reasons I don't know, she ended her work on the blog in 2019, but she will forever remain in our hearts and we hope that one day she will reappear and return to present us with her beautiful posts. In the last photo we can witness the moment in which she receives her African boyfriend on the Stockholm subway in Sweden, and with a beautiful smile on her face, she prepares to kiss him with all the love and intensity.

[everlastingrandom]

swedish hospitality discourse shouldn't squeak by without noting that Zwarte Piet (Black/Sooty Pete) is still prominent in Dutch culture, despite local Black communities protesting it for decades

ID: A screenshot of a tweet by user Jan Maarten (@worldsayer). The caption reads, "Dutch folks seeing #Swedengate on day 2 and hoping the world doesn’t rediscover the whole Christmas blackface “tradition”" The image in the tweet is of a man sitting inside a car and leaning his chair back, so as not to be seen.

ID: A photo of four white Dutch people in blackface and dressed up as Zwarte Piet during a parade.

ID: An illustration of Sinterklaas and Zwarte Pete at a family's house. They are depicted to be stuffing children into a sack. The caption beneath the image reads, "In old Dutch children's books, Zwarte Piet was depicted as Sinterklaas' terrifying dark-skinned helper who punished naughty children. End ID.

ID: Photo of protestors, including Zwarte Piet Is Racisme project co-founder, Jerry Afriyie forming a human barrier in front of the Sinterklaas arrival parade, blocking the path of white men dressed as Black Pete. End ID.

[young-royals-confessions]

About the article about Omar and its racist undertones, not all of us swedes are racist. I've seen a few people feeling like it's the norm here but I want to send a big hug to all those who felt like it. I met so many fans from all over the world yesterday from all races and ethnicities and I want to tell them they're loved. Thank you.

🫂

[stressedbeetle]

sometimes I watch video footage of Sweden from several years ago (70s, 50s, 1920s etc) because, I like history and I find it interesting. But then when I unfortunately check the comments there will without fail always be so many racist, xenophobic, Islamophobic comments saying that Sweden has been overrun and that the time from the video was the "good old days". Which just makes me SO FUCKING MAD PLEASE JUST SHUT UP YOU RACIST PIECE OF SHIT

[cynosurus]

The fascists were the first party to send out their propaganda for the EU parliament elections. It arrived in the post today.

[variousqueerthings]

i started watching the ritual and it takes place in Sweden!

second horror movie i've seen consisting of people going to Sweden after great personal tragedy only for Sweden to fuck their shit up

which is very very funny to me personally

[degreeofdisorder]

for all the crossover fics that exist between yr and rwrb, i am highly amused that none of them ever counted on the fact that if they did exist in the same universe then alex and henry's emails would've leaked and, literally two months later, wille and simon's video would've leaked. so alex and henry's story is nowhere near close from being out of the news and boom, another (allegedly) queer european prince goes viral. that's goddamn hilarious to think about. what a 2020.

[smash-chu]

As a swede I immensely enjoy seeing sweden get dunked on, took fucking long enough for it to happen

[mangopodcast]

NEW EPISODE GANG VIOLENCE IN SWEDEN

[bluizu]

"my confederate flag isn't about racism, it's about honoring my heritage-" my fucking ass. i don't honor my Swedish heritage by selling iron to nazis and invading Norway for the fifth time this month, i do it by eating meatballs and celebrating midsummer. go back to your McDonald's and shut the fuck up

[princekirijo]

Europeans when someone was born 3 kilometers away from them

I NEARLY SPAT OUT MY DRINK ITS REALLY LIKE THIS 😭

[david-box]

The standard shithead European response to anyone pointing out racism against immigrants and the Roma is both widespread and morally wrong is always "the immigrants/Roma don't assimilate and commit crime, so that leads to discrimination" as if trying to chicken and the egg racism makes any sense, corollary, why would they assimilate if everyone already hates them? Since you don't know any roma that don't beg? And fuck you on top cus at least American racists pretend to have some fucking shame goddamn

[cavalierzee]

Sweden’s Shameful Hypocrisy

[idontdrinkgatorade]

HELP I TOLD MY MOM I HAD A MEMORY OF VISITING ROMANIA (where my bio mother is from) AND SHE CAME BACK TO MY ROOM AND WAS LIKE. WHAT SPURRED THIS MEMORY? HAVE YOU CONTACTED YOUR GRANDMOTHER? HAS SHE CONTACTED YOU?

[brokentoasterrr]

as a swede i am very happy that people are finally calling sweden out for the racist bullshit of the past and of today

[eyeskream]

This is not a whataboutism argument. Sweden is still problematic but you guys just don't recognize POC racism as real racism. I didn't even touch the tip of the ice berg for Malaysia. It gets worse. They didn't sign the convention for basic human rights for refugees. They get treated like illegals and have no access to healthcare or jobs