Hate Speech and Racialised Discrimination of the Norwegian Sámi: Legal Responses and Responsibility
This article discusses the racialised discrimination of the Sámi people and how the Norwegian judiciary deals with it. It draws historical lines to social Darwinism as practised in Norway, where comparisons of the Sámi’s physical characteristics to the Norwegian majority population were commonplace....
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:99dff42f520c4bfe8dc79dd842ad5537 2023-05-15T18:14:48+02:00 Hate Speech and Racialised Discrimination of the Norwegian Sámi: Legal Responses and Responsibility Carola Lingaas 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.2387-3299-2021-02-02 https://doaj.org/article/99dff42f520c4bfe8dc79dd842ad5537 EN eng Scandinavian University Press (Universitetsforlaget) http://www.idunn.no/doi/10.18261/issn.2387-3299-2021-02-02 https://doaj.org/toc/2387-3299 doi:10.18261/issn.2387-3299-2021-02-02 2387-3299 https://doaj.org/article/99dff42f520c4bfe8dc79dd842ad5537 Oslo Law Review, Vol 8, Iss 2, Pp 88-107 (2021) Sámi indigenous people hate speech racial discrimination group stereotypes minority protection Law K Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence K1-7720 article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.2387-3299-2021-02-02 2022-12-31T02:25:36Z This article discusses the racialised discrimination of the Sámi people and how the Norwegian judiciary deals with it. It draws historical lines to social Darwinism as practised in Norway, where comparisons of the Sámi’s physical characteristics to the Norwegian majority population were commonplace. The official Norwegian position was that the Sámi were not an indigenous people and therefore lacked inalienable rights. The racialised understanding of the Sámi as an untrustworthy and lazy people of the past, reverberates in today’s hate speech that builds on similar stereotypes. Norway has come a long way since racial hygiene was a mainstream scientific approach. Yet, still today, the Sámi are statistically overrepresented with experiences of discrimination. This article examines the legal responses and responsibility of Norway to tackle hate speech and discriminatory utterances that manifest a racial understanding of Norway’s indigenous people. In the discussion, special emphasis is placed on Norway’s international treaty obligations. Article in Journal/Newspaper Sámi Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Norway Oslo Law Review 8 2 88 107 |
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This article discusses the racialised discrimination of the Sámi people and how the Norwegian judiciary deals with it. It draws historical lines to social Darwinism as practised in Norway, where comparisons of the Sámi’s physical characteristics to the Norwegian majority population were commonplace. The official Norwegian position was that the Sámi were not an indigenous people and therefore lacked inalienable rights. The racialised understanding of the Sámi as an untrustworthy and lazy people of the past, reverberates in today’s hate speech that builds on similar stereotypes. Norway has come a long way since racial hygiene was a mainstream scientific approach. Yet, still today, the Sámi are statistically overrepresented with experiences of discrimination. This article examines the legal responses and responsibility of Norway to tackle hate speech and discriminatory utterances that manifest a racial understanding of Norway’s indigenous people. In the discussion, special emphasis is placed on Norway’s international treaty obligations. |
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Hate Speech and Racialised Discrimination of the Norwegian Sámi: Legal Responses and Responsibility |
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