An aricle from bigpeace.com about multiculturalism in Norway.
http://bigpeace.com/nmay/2011/03/25...en-threatened-if-they-bring-salami-to-school/
The article below was published today in Aftenposten, one of the major Norwegian newspapers:
http://bigpeace.com/nmay/2011/03/25...en-threatened-if-they-bring-salami-to-school/
The article below was published today in Aftenposten, one of the major Norwegian newspapers:
“It is difficult to be ethnic Norwegian here”
Patrick Ã…serud has had enough of pressure about salami-free food, blond-hate and horrible language skills.
“I will not let my children grow up here. I do not dare to.”
He has made up his mind. After spending his whole life in Groruddalen [a district of Oslo], the developments of the past year have frightened Patrick Ã…serud into leaving. In the coming summer he will move with his wife and kindergarten-age daughter from Furuset [in Groruddalen], and out of the city.
He is moving from a local area he thinks is on its way to falling apart due to the heavy weight of failed integration.
Worrying stories
“It has become difficult to be an ethnic Norwegian in Groruddalen. There are huge language problems, and additionally a pressure that we [Norwegians] must adjust to norms that feel completely foreign to us, who have a Western lifestyle and mindset.
“There are kindergartens where almost no children or parents speak Norwegian, and there are schools where children are threatened with beatings if they bring salami with them for their school lunch.
“Girls are bullied for being blond, and they colour their hair dark to avoid it and fit in. It is especially not okay to be gay at the school, nor atheist, and especially not Jewish.
“Over the last three years it has been particularly frightening to watch and hear about everything that happens,” says Ã…serud.
Patrick Ã…serud has had enough of pressure about salami-free food, blond-hate and horrible language skills.
“I will not let my children grow up here. I do not dare to.”
He has made up his mind. After spending his whole life in Groruddalen [a district of Oslo], the developments of the past year have frightened Patrick Ã…serud into leaving. In the coming summer he will move with his wife and kindergarten-age daughter from Furuset [in Groruddalen], and out of the city.
He is moving from a local area he thinks is on its way to falling apart due to the heavy weight of failed integration.
Worrying stories
“It has become difficult to be an ethnic Norwegian in Groruddalen. There are huge language problems, and additionally a pressure that we [Norwegians] must adjust to norms that feel completely foreign to us, who have a Western lifestyle and mindset.
“There are kindergartens where almost no children or parents speak Norwegian, and there are schools where children are threatened with beatings if they bring salami with them for their school lunch.
“Girls are bullied for being blond, and they colour their hair dark to avoid it and fit in. It is especially not okay to be gay at the school, nor atheist, and especially not Jewish.
“Over the last three years it has been particularly frightening to watch and hear about everything that happens,” says Ã…serud.