Browsing by Subject "sisäistetty rasismi"
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(2023)The purpose of this master's thesis is to study experiences and impact of racism in the school environment on Finnish, racialized people who identify themselves as men. The thesis recognizes the impact of sex in experiences of racism, and I was interested in knowing what kind of meaning the interviewees gave to their experiences. The thesis follows the theory of hegemonic masculinity by sociologist Raewyn Connell as well as the theory of racialization by Robert Miles. Earlier studies have shown that the Finnish schooling system entertains discriminating practices and racism. The experiences of racism of immigrant boys in schools and learning institutions have also been studied. It is however important to note that racism affects not only immigrant pupils, but also racialized Finnish students. The study is conducted as a group interview. There were five participants and the group interviews organized via Teams took place in the spring of 2023. Themes discussed in the interviews were identity and its formation, the interviewees experiences of racism at school as well as how it was intervened and what kind of antiracist actions the interviewees recognized from schools and learning institutions. The analysis of the interviews was made with thematic methodology. All of the interviewees had experienced racism at school and described that sex mattered in their experiences of racism. According to my results the experiences of racism shaped the young men's conception of themselves, their identity and their inclusion in Finnish society. Operating in a group of racialized men and identifying themselves as part of it defined what kinds of meanings the interviewees gave to racistic situations in school context as well as how and with whom they verbalized their experiences.
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(2020)The purpose of this Master's Thesis is to research the understanding of the white normativity of the Finnish education system and the racism associated within it, from the perspective of the Finns’ who identify as mixed-race. The thesis also considers the views of the mixed-race Finns on how the white normative school system has impacted their cultural identity. The thesis makes use of Stuart Hall’s theory of cultural identity, and Robert Miles’ theory of racialization. Previous studies have shown that there is white normative practice and racism present in the Finnish education system. Nonetheless, I noticed that previous studies had not been done from the point of view of the Finns identifying as mixed-race. Therefore, I wanted to explore the pos-sibilities that examining white normativity in the Finnish education system from this perspective could offer. I wrote this thesis as an insider since I identify as a mixed-race Finn. Furthermore, there were six others who took part in my study. Two semi-structured focus group interviews were con-ducted twice during the 2019-2020 academic year. In these interviews, we discussed the white normativity of the Finnish educational system and our own cultural identity. I applied both nar-rative and thematic methodology in my analysis. This meant understanding the phenomena with the help of narratives but organizing the results thematically. When it comes to my results, I discovered that there is the attribute of white normativity con-joined with the Finnish cultural identity. Thereby, the white normativity and the whiteness as a precondition for identifying as Finnish defined the cultural identity and its perception of those Finns identifying themselves as mixed-race. The white normativity of the Finnish educational system and the racism associated with it contributed to the development of internalized racism experienced by the Finnish mixed-race students. In this thesis, I have recognized and named these white normative structures in the Finnish educational system with the focus group inter-viewees. The results can be used for further research in the field of racism.
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