The document was created for Project RADAR (Regulating AntiDiscrimination and Racism). Project number: JUST/2013/FRAC/AG/6271

1. CULTURE AND RACE
GLOSSARY
English-Finnish
Project number: JUST/2013/FRAC/AG/6271

2. Anti-black racism
Anti-racism
Antisemitism
Assimilation
Bigot
Bilingualism
Mustien vastainen rasismi
Rasisminvastaisuus
Antisemitismi
Assimilaatio
Kiihkoilija
Kaksikielisyys
The racial prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination that
is directed at people of African descent, rooted in their
unique history and experience of enslavement
An active and consistent process of change to eliminate
individual, institutional and systemic racism as well as the
oppression and injustice racism causes
Latent or overt hostility or hatred directed towards
individual Jews or the Jewish people (not to all Semitic
peoples), leading to social, economic, institutional,
religious, cultural or political discrimination
The full adoption by an individual or group of the culture,
values and patterns of a different social, religious, linguistic
or national group
One stubbornly or intolerantly devoted to one’s biased
opinions and prejudices
The ability to utilize two languages with equal fluency
General Terms
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Cultural group
Culture
Discrimination
Diversity
Ethnicity
Ethnic group
Ethnocentrism
Kulttuuriryhmä
Kulttuuri
Syrjintä
Monimuotoisuus
Etnisyys
Etninen ryhmä
Etnosentrismi
Members of a group having the same beliefs, behavioural
norms, values, language, ways of thinking about and view-
ing the world
The sum total of ways of living built up by a group of hu-
man beings, which is transmitted from one generation to
another
The denial of equal treatment, civil liberties and oppor-
tunity to individuals or groups with respect to education,
accommodation, health care, employment and access to
services, goods and facilities
A term used to encompass all the various differences
among people – including race, religion, gender, sexual
orientation, disability, socio-economic status, etc
The identity of groups based on shared characteristics such
as language, culture, history or geographic origin
A group of people, racially or historically related, having a
common and distinctive culture
The tendency to judge all other cultures by the norms and
standards of one’s own culture

4. Emigration
Eurocentrism
Genocide
Immigrant
Indigenous
Integration
Individual racism
Maastamuutto
Eurosentrismi
Kansanmurha
Maahanmuuttaja
Alkuperäiskansalainen
Integraatio
Yksilöllinen rasismi
The process of leaving one’s home or country in order to
settle in another home, place or country, for personal,
economic, political, religious or social reasons
Presupposes the supremacy of Europe and Europeans in
world culture, and relates history according to a European
perception and experience
The planned extermination of a national or racial group
One who moves from his/her native country to another
with the intention of settling for the purpose of forging a
better life or for better opportunities
The term used by the United Nations in its recognition of the
special or unique rights of ‘first peoples’ or ‘first nations’
The process of amalgamating diverse groups within a
single context, usually applied to inter-racial interaction in
housing, education, political and socio-economic spheres or
activity
The prejudiced individual, direct, or one-to-one action(s)
against other individuals because of their group membership
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Intolerance
Harassment
Marginalization
Mediation
Melting pot
Suvaitsemattomuus
Häirintä
Marginalisaatio
Mediaatio
Sulatusuuni
and skin colour to deprive them of some right (employ-
ment, housing)
Bigotry or narrow mindedness resulting in refusal to re-
spect or acknowledge persons of different racial back-
grounds
Persistent, on-going communication (in any form) of
negative attitudes, beliefs or actions towards an individual
or group, with the intention of placing that person(s) in a
disparaging role
With reference to race and culture, the experience of
persons who do not speak the majority group’s language,
cannot find work or gain access to social services and
therefore, cannot become full and equal participating
members of society
The intervention into a dispute or negotiation of an
acceptable impartial and neutral third party, who has no
authoritative decision-making power, to reach voluntarily
and acceptable settlement of issues in dispute
Term usually used to refer to the American monocultural
society in which there is a conscious attempt to assimilate

6. Minority group
Multiculturalism
Native
Prejudice
Race
Racial discrimination
Vähemmistöryhmä
Monikulttuurisuus
Alkuperäisasukas/natiivi
Ennakkoluulo
Rotu
Rotusyrjintä
diverse peoples into a homogeneous culture
Term used to describe any group of people which is disad-
vantaged, underprivileged, excluded, discriminated against or
exploited. Sociologically, the concept does not refer to demo-
graphic numbers but to subordinate status in society.
The existence within one society or nation of two or more
non-homogeneous but equally recognized ethnic, racial,
cultural, linguistic or religious groups
People born in the place to which reference is being made
A body of unfounded opinions or attitudes relating to an indi-
vidual or group that represent them in an unfavourable light
Refers to a group of people of common ancestry,
distinguished from others by physical characteristics such
as colour of skin, shape of eyes, hair texture or facial
features
Racial discrimination is any distinction, exclusion, restriction
or preference based on race, colour, descent, or national or
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Racism
Racial hatred
Refugee
Segregation
Rasismi
Rotuviha
Pakolainen
Rotuerottelu
ethnic origin, which nullifies or impairs the recognition,
enjoyment or exercise of human rights and fundamental
freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural or any
other field of public life
A mix of prejudice and power leading to domination and
exploitation of one group (the dominant or majority
group) over another (the non-dominant, minority or racial-
ized group). It asserts that the one group is supreme and
superior while the other is inferior. Racism is any individ-
ual action, or institutional practice backed by institutional
power, which subordinates people because of their colour
or ethnicity
A public act based on the race, colour, national or ethnic
origin of a person or group of people which is likely to
offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate. It can include racist
graffiti, speeches, posters or abuse in public
A person who has been forced to leave their country in
order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster
The social, physical, political and economic separation of
diverse groups of people, particularly referring to
ideological and structural barriers to civil liberties, equal

8. Stereotype
Tolerance
Xenophobia
Stereotyyppi
Suvaitsevaisuus
Muukalaisviha
opportunity and participation by minorities within a majority
racial, ethnic, religious, linguistic or social group
A fixed mental picture or image of a group of people,
ascribing the same characteristic(s) to all members of the
group, regardless of their individual differences, an overgen-
eralization
Usually meant as a liberal attitude toward those whose
race, religion, nationality, etc. is different from one’s own.
Since it has the connotation of ‘put up with’, today the term
acceptance is preferred
An unreasonable fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers,
their cultures and their customs
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Political terms regarding race/ethnicity/immigration
Immigrant
Islamisation
Anti-immigration
Immigration criticism
Asylum
Asylum-seeker
Returning migrant
Work and residence permit
Immigration policy
Reception centre
A quota refugee
The True Finns
Native Finn
Foreign-language speakers
Social isolation
Minority language
Minority rights
Minority language area
Integration
EU immigrants
Non-EU immigrants
White immigrants
Non-white immigrants
Maahanmuuttaja
Islamisaatio
Maahanmuuttovastaisuus
Maahanmuuttokriittisyys
Turvapaikka
Turvapaikanhakija
Paluumuuttaja
Työ- ja oleskelulupa
Maahanmuuttopolitiikka
Vastaanottokeskus
Kiintiöpakolainen
Perussuomalaiset
Kantasuomalainen
Vieraskieliset
Sosiaalinen eriytyminen
Vähemmistökieli
Vähemmistöoikeudet
Vähemmistökielialue
Kotoutuminen
EU:n alueelta tulevat maahanmuuttajat
EU:n ulkopuolelta tulevat maahanmuuttajat
Valkoiset maahanmuuttajat
Ei-valkoiset maahanmuuttajat

10. Derogative racial terms in Finnish
“Estonian”
“Finnish-speaking Swede”
“Russian”
“Immigrant”
“Gypsy”
“Gook”
“Chink”
“Nigger”
“Paleface”
“Arab”
“Yank” (American)
“Dirtface”
Eestiläinen
Hurri
Ryssä
Mamu
Mustalainen
Vinosilmä
Kinukki
Neekeri
Kalpeanaama
Arabi
Jenkki
Mutis/mutakuono
Work-based immigration
Welfare state
Global responsibility
Labour shortage
Labour market
Newly arrived Finns / New Finns
Living-standard refugees
Työperäinen maahanmuutto
Hyvinvointivaltio
Globaali vastuullisuus
Työvoimapula
Työmarkkinat
Uussuomalaiset
Elintasopakolaiset
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Neutral racial terms in Finnish
Black
Dark
Somali
Immigrant
Foreigner
Newly arrived Finn
White
Asian
Estonian
Finnish-speaking Swede
American
Musta(ihoinen)
Tumma(ihoinen)
Somalialainen
Maahanmuuttaja
Ulkomaalainen
Uussuomalainen
Valkoihoinen
Aasialainen
Virolainen
Suomenruotsalainen
Amerikkalainen