Grundlagenstudie zu Rassismus: «Damit können wir erstmals breit nachweisen, dass es strukturellen Rassismus in der Schweiz gibt»

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1. [https://www.srf.ch/kultur/gesellschaft-religion/grundlagenstudie-zu-rassismus-fabienne-bekommt-die-wohnung-eher-als-sphresa-und-den-job](https://www.srf.ch/kultur/gesellschaft-religion/grundlagenstudie-zu-rassismus-fabienne-bekommt-die-wohnung-eher-als-sphresa-und-den-job)

   >The first fundamental study on structural racism in Switzerland shows that it is widespread – right into the middle of our society.
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   >Suppose two women apply for the same job. They write the same application and have exactly the same qualifications. The only difference is their names. One woman’s name is Fabienne Kälin, the other woman’s name is Shpresa Krasniqi.
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   >Researchers have done exactly this experiment and sent out fictitious job application folders. The result is clear: Fabienne Kälin has a better chance of being invited for an interview.”The interview is only the first hurdle until actual hiring – but even there there is a clear disadvantage. If you have an Albanian-sounding name, for example, you have to write 30 percent more applications for the same qualifications before you get hired,” explains Denise Efionayi.
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   >The sociologist is vice director of the Swiss Forum for Migration Studies at the University of Neuchâtel. She led the baseline study on structural racism in Switzerland.Who gets the apartment?A similar picture emerges in applications for housing. As part of a field experiment, researchers sent out made-up requests for apartment viewings.
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   >The text of the request was always the same, but with a different name in each case.Here, too, the results showed that a Manuel or a Stefanie was invited to view an apartment significantly more often than an Ardit or a Dragana. This is true even if both have a Swiss passport.
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   >What is striking is that people with names from neighboring countries are not discriminated against, even if they only have a C identity card and no passport. “Racism is often mixed up with migration. Yet racism can affect quite a lot of people – and precisely those who have a Swiss passport and have lived here for generations.”
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   >This state of affairs is already well known. However, Denise Efionayi’s team has now, for the first time, evaluated around 300 studies from Switzerland within the framework of a meta-analysis and examined them for findings on racism and discrimination.The first fundamental study on structural racism in Switzerland is now available: “This is the first time we have been able to provide broad evidence that structural racism exists in Switzerland,” explains the sociologist.
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   >In Switzerland, racism is still considered a marginal phenomenon that mainly affects radical groups with extremist ideas. But this does not correspond to reality: “Racism is an everyday phenomenon in the middle of society. And it affects very many levels, institutions, practices, ways of thinking. We can empirically prove that with concrete examples.”Structural racism and discrimination can have serious consequences for those affected. ”
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   >Ultimately, the life chances of those affected and also their families are restricted. The disadvantage can be demonstrated in all important areas of life: in the housing market, when looking for a job, and also in the health or justice system.”
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   >This makes structural racism a problem for society as a whole – and in a country that has written equal opportunities into its constitution.

2. don’t think we needed a study to know this.

   it’s pretty well known people with a balkan background aren’t the most liked people here.

   doesn’t help that so many of their children here behave like shit and form paralell societies.

3. Oh yeah, that discrimination is certainly widespread.

   Even though I doubt that Albanians constitute their own race.

   We‘re not racists, we‘re xenophobes. The more xeno, the more phobic, it seems.

4. A private company discriminating against albanian applicants isn’t “struktureller Rassismus”. There are different definitions of “racism”, but it’s clear that racism means you discriminate races and not nationalities.