What’s in a name? Study confirms foreigners face persistent discrimination in Finnish jobs market | Yle News

by dvlrnr

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  2. Not a surprise and not a new thing. People with “Finnish Romani names” get discriminated in recruitment.

    Some other examples from Finland:

    * majority of Finnish people who had Russian or German last names changed them after the second world war for some weird reason.
    * People with last names that signify nobility or being part of some influential/powerful family have been discriminated positively, giving them a benefit

    And if you look at what for example Asian Americans named their kids in the U.S., they don’t have Chinese/Korean/Japanese names but instead American names like Ken, Mike, Rachel, etc. and this is because the first generation of immigrants knew that people would perceive their children differently then.

    That said, I wonder if there is ever been a country where discrimination based on “foreign” names doesnt happen? Is it a realisting expectation? Names are a very important thing in all cultures. They can carry a lot of meaning.

  3. On a positive note I am really happy to see that for example somali men basically have 2x the chances they did in 2016. Things are improving, even if it feels like we’re going backwards sometimes. I have a lot of hope still that we will see a lot of changes in the next few decades.

  6. Same thing gets posted over and over, it’s not the case for everyone. Focus on making yourself more employable by training for your profession and learning the language.

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