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H<\/span>ave you ever cracked a joke about Jews in front of your Jewish buddy? Or perhaps you have a mischievous joke about slavery ready for your swarthy roommate? How about a general comment about China to your friend who is of Asian origin, despite the fact that he has never had anything to do with the country? It should not be taken personally. This is just Danish humour.<\/p>\n

But it shouldn’t be like this if you ask 22-year-old Flavio Sabah Saleh. He studies political science at the University of Copenhagen, and it was among his fellow students that he first met the mundane Danish everyday racism on his first year of studies.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Hygge\u2019 racism<\/p>\n

Hygge<\/em> i<\/strong>s a Danish word that means\u00a0conviviality and well-being, and which is regarded as a defining characteristic of Danish culture.<\/p>\n

The Danish dictionary Den Danske Ordbog<\/strong> defines hygge racism as: \u00bbUsing racist words and expressing prejudices with respect to individuals of other ethnic origin in a way that you find fun and unproblematic, but that is hurtful and offensive to those who you talk about, or talk to.\u00ab<\/p>\n

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\u00bbWhen I started university, I was, for the first six months called ‘the Iraqi\u2019. I didn’t know why it should be like that. I didn’t dare say anything about it. You don\u2019t want to become known as \u2018the dark-skinned angry man.\u2019 Back then, I was convinced that it was just Danish humour,\u00ab he says.<\/p>\n

Wog or immigrant?<\/h3>\n

Getting the nickname ‘the Iraqi’ was not the only one reportable event at political science, says Flavio, who says that he in 2018 was at a party at political science relaxing with friends. Out of the blue, a female fellow student started a conversation with the question: Do you prefer to be called a wog or an immigrant? (The Danish term for ‘wog’ is ‘perker’).<\/p>\n

\u00bbI stared at her and thought that this was one of the most crazy things that had ever been said to me. I did not respond. It was as if I did not dare to reject this. How are you supposed to respond to something like that?\u00ab he says.<\/p>\n

According to Flavio Sabah Saleh there is no racist intention behind the comments that he gets from white Danes. But he still calls on people to think before they start to joke with racist stereotypes. For him, it is about white Danes acknowledging their own position in relation to minorities in Denmark.<\/p>\n

I stared at her and thought that this was one of the most crazy things that had ever been said to me.<\/p>\n

Student Flavio Sabah Saleh<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u00bbIt is difficult to talk with white Danes about this. It becomes very personal. As a member of a minority, I have something at stake, and get scared. But I know people who have actually accepted the criticism, and who support the right to say no to this everyday racism. As a white person, you are part of the majority in Denmark. And I would therefore like more white Danes to dare to stand up and say no when someone is obviously joking on the basis of racist stereotypes. As their privileges go beyond my own,\u00ab he says.<\/p>\n

It is also because you are white<\/h3>\n

At the other end of the spectrum are Mads Kreutzmann and Aof Kan Rasmussen. They both study cross-cultural studies at the University of Copenhagen, and have known each other for almost six years. They both have a humorous relationship with the themes of race and identity.<\/p>\n

\u00bbI like politically incorrect jokes,\u00ab says Mads Kreutzmann. It is wrong to tell them, but this is what makes them funny. From my perspective, it is also inclusive. If I make fun of someone else, it also shows my acceptance of the person,\u00ab he says.<\/p>\n

Aof Kan Rasmussen nods in agreement.<\/p>\n

\u00bbBut this will depend on the context. If a person does not think it’s fun, then it’s not okay,\u00ab he says.<\/p>\n

If I make fun of someone else, it also shows my acceptance of the person<\/p>\n

Student Mads Kreutzmann<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

They share this sense of humour. The coarser the better. There is a large arsenal of derogatory terms when they both get off to a good start. It’s all about balancing on the edge. Aof explains:<\/p>\n

\u00bbI often make fun of Mads’ skin colour. If he makes a serious statement, I can take him down by saying for example, ‘this is just because you’re a white Nazi’. He counters with a ‘you are also just a rice muncher’. It\u2019s not because we are racist, but our way of getting at each other may be a little racist.\u00ab<\/p>\n

Aof Kan Rasmussen says that he himself has experienced that people he did not know made fun of him based on Asian stereotypes. In these cases, he found the everyday \u2018hygge\u2019 variant of racism offensive. But with Mads, it is another matter.<\/p>\n

\u00bbWith Mads, it is fine. We know each other. But if people don’t think it’s fun, then they should say it,\u00ab he says.<\/p>\n

Mads Kreutzmann agrees:<\/p>\n

\u00bbDefinitely. If people don\u2019t like the jokes, then you have to respect it,\u00ab he says.
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You are not always aware of your actions<\/h3>\n

Ditte Marie Munch-Jurisic is a postdoc at Roskilde University and has a PhD in philosophy and minority studies from the University of Copenhagen. She is currently working on the research project Unconscious bias: Do not rely on your gut feeling!<\/em> According to Munch-Jurisic you can understand the concept of hygge racism from the concept of ‘implicit bias.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u00bbImplicit bias means that you are not always aware of how your actions or conduct works in the outside world. You might find the stereotypes of other people are fun to point out without considering yourself to be directly racist,\u00ab she says.<\/p>\n

While this everyday or hygge racism may seem harmless, it may have a negative impact anyway, according to Ditte Marie Munch Jurisic:<\/p>\n

\u00bbEven if you think it’s fun to express a particular joke, it is not certain that it will be received in the same way by your opposite number. The intention is not necessarily to do harm, but the consequences can be quite different. This is why hygge racism is problematic.\u00ab<\/p>\n

According to Ditte Marie Munch-Jurisic hygge racism is a problem that most Danes overlook.<\/p>\n

\u00bbThe research shows that a person who experiences hygge racism, does not protest among the group of friends, and laughs with them, because the individual cannot be bothered to have the tough talk about it. The author of the joke therefore believes that everything is fine, even though in reality it may have done harm,\u00ab she says.<\/p>\n

Hygge racism is not black or white<\/h3>\n

Ditte Marie Munch-Jurisic cannot set up clear criteria for when something is hygge racist. But she says that you have to show an open mind if you are confronted by a person who feels offended.<\/p>\n

This is about people who believe that there is a real problem.<\/p>\n

Researcher Ditte Marie Munch-Jurisic<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u00bbWe should take it seriously and listen. Don’t be defensive and try to downplay it by saying ‘it was just a joke’ or ‘this is just Danish humour’. Otherwise we’ll get nowhere,\u00ab she says.<\/p>\n

Is it the culture of victimhood that is coming into play, when you problematise this hygge racism?<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00bbWe need to move away from the constant debate over victimhood culture in Denmark. This is about people who believe that there is a real problem. Society is constantly developing, and our perception of right and wrong change. What is happening now is that some people are challenging the ideas about what it is okay to do. It is the context that determines what is acceptable \u2013 among a group of friends, in a class room or somewhere completely different.\u00ab<\/p>\n

Is it a real problem?<\/h3>\n

There is, at present, no recipe to deal with hygge racism \u2013 neither as a sender nor as a receiver. Or whether you should perceive hygge racism as a major societal problem. Flavio Sabah Saleh is clear in his own mind about it, however.<\/p>\n

\u00bbWhen you tell me that I’m just a dark-skinned man that can’t take a joke. Then you might as well be telling me to shut up. It is legitimate that I go out and talk about my experiences with a problem in Danish culture. Many white people think that the problem does not exist.\u00ab<\/p>\n

Mads Kreutzmann says that the purpose of a comment needs to be taken into account:<\/p>\n

\u00bbI don’t think it should be a taboo to joke about things. It is also a way to address people’s appearance without it being through serious conversations. For me it only becomes racist, if you actually believe what you say.\u00ab<\/p>\n

His fellow student Aof Kan Rasmussen agrees and adds:<\/p>\n

\u00bbBut you also need to be aware of what you as someone from a majority say to a person from a minority.\u00ab
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Then you might as well be telling me to shut up,\u00ab says Flavio Sabah Saleh, who is a student of political science."},{"acf_fc_layout":"Standfirst","subject":"Everyday racism","text":"This is a story about what will follow","use_post_excerpt":true},{"acf_fc_layout":"Byline","is_author":false,"contributors":[{"use_registered_user":true,"user":{"ID":57,"user_firstname":"Lasse","user_lastname":"S\u00f8rensen","nickname":"lassesoerensen","user_nicename":"lassesoerensen","display_name":"Lasse S\u00f8rensen","user_email":"lasse_soerensen@live.dk","user_url":"","user_registered":"2017-12-05 13:02:15","user_description":"","user_avatar":"<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e2a70cc02d63797130636dd2d7b9849ee5c76351d1301fe0192b471f729971a1?s=96&d=identicon&r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e2a70cc02d63797130636dd2d7b9849ee5c76351d1301fe0192b471f729971a1?s=192&d=identicon&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-96 photo' height='96' width='96' loading='lazy' decoding='async'\/>"},"contributor_name":"","contributor_title":"","contributor_image":false}]},{"acf_fc_layout":"Content","content":"<p><span class=\"dropcap\">H<\/span>ave you ever cracked a joke about Jews in front of your Jewish buddy? Or perhaps you have a mischievous joke about slavery ready for your swarthy roommate? How about a general comment about China to your friend who is of Asian origin, despite the fact that he has never had anything to do with the country? It should not be taken personally. This is just Danish humour.<\/p>\n<p>But it shouldn’t be like this if you ask 22-year-old Flavio Sabah Saleh. He studies political science at the University of Copenhagen, and it was among his fellow students that he first met the mundane Danish everyday racism on his first year of studies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\">\n<p class=\"factbox-header feature-color\">\u2018Hygge\u2019 racism<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Hygge<\/em> i<\/strong>s a Danish word that means\u00a0conviviality and well-being, and which is regarded as a defining characteristic of Danish culture.<\/p>\n<p>The Danish dictionary <strong>Den Danske Ordbog<\/strong> defines hygge racism as: \u00bbUsing racist words and expressing prejudices with respect to individuals of other ethnic origin in a way that you find fun and unproblematic, but that is hurtful and offensive to those who you talk about, or talk to.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00bbWhen I started university, I was, for the first six months called ‘the Iraqi\u2019. I didn’t know why it should be like that. I didn’t dare say anything about it. You don\u2019t want to become known as \u2018the dark-skinned angry man.\u2019 Back then, I was convinced that it was just Danish humour,\u00ab he says.<\/p>\n<h3>Wog or immigrant?<\/h3>\n<p>Getting the nickname ‘the Iraqi’ was not the only one reportable event at political science, says Flavio, who says that he in 2018 was at a party at political science relaxing with friends. Out of the blue, a female fellow student started a conversation with the question: Do you prefer to be called a wog or an immigrant? (The Danish term for ‘wog’ is ‘perker’).<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbI stared at her and thought that this was one of the most crazy things that had ever been said to me. I did not respond. It was as if I did not dare to reject this. How are you supposed to respond to something like that?\u00ab he says.<\/p>\n<p>According to Flavio Sabah Saleh there is no racist intention behind the comments that he gets from white Danes. But he still calls on people to think before they start to joke with racist stereotypes. For him, it is about white Danes acknowledging their own position in relation to minorities in Denmark.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I stared at her and thought that this was one of the most crazy things that had ever been said to me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"quotee\">Student Flavio Sabah Saleh<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00bbIt is difficult to talk with white Danes about this. It becomes very personal. As a member of a minority, I have something at stake, and get scared. But I know people who have actually accepted the criticism, and who support the right to say no to this everyday racism. As a white person, you are part of the majority in Denmark. And I would therefore like more white Danes to dare to stand up and say no when someone is obviously joking on the basis of racist stereotypes. As their privileges go beyond my own,\u00ab he says.<\/p>\n<h3>It is also because you are white<\/h3>\n<p>At the other end of the spectrum are Mads Kreutzmann and Aof Kan Rasmussen. They both study cross-cultural studies at the University of Copenhagen, and have known each other for almost six years. They both have a humorous relationship with the themes of race and identity.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbI like politically incorrect jokes,\u00ab says Mads Kreutzmann. It is wrong to tell them, but this is what makes them funny. From my perspective, it is also inclusive. If I make fun of someone else, it also shows my acceptance of the person,\u00ab he says.<\/p>\n<p>Aof Kan Rasmussen nods in agreement.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbBut this will depend on the context. If a person does not think it’s fun, then it’s not okay,\u00ab he says.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If I make fun of someone else, it also shows my acceptance of the person<\/p>\n<p class=\"quotee\">Student Mads Kreutzmann<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>They share this sense of humour. The coarser the better. There is a large arsenal of derogatory terms when they both get off to a good start. It’s all about balancing on the edge. Aof explains:<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbI often make fun of Mads’ skin colour. If he makes a serious statement, I can take him down by saying for example, ‘this is just because you’re a white Nazi’. He counters with a ‘you are also just a rice muncher’. It\u2019s not because we are racist, but our way of getting at each other may be a little racist.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>Aof Kan Rasmussen says that he himself has experienced that people he did not know made fun of him based on Asian stereotypes. In these cases, he found the everyday \u2018hygge\u2019 variant of racism offensive. But with Mads, it is another matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbWith Mads, it is fine. We know each other. But if people don’t think it’s fun, then they should say it,\u00ab he says.<\/p>\n<p>Mads Kreutzmann agrees:<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbDefinitely. If people don\u2019t like the jokes, then you have to respect it,\u00ab he says.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Image","image":{"ID":82974,"id":82974,"title":"Mads TV Aof TH 2","filename":"madstvaofth2.jpg","filesize":218181,"url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/madstvaofth2.jpg","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/medstuderende-vil-du-kaldes-perker-eller-indvandrer\/mads-tv-aof-th-2\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"mads-tv-aof-th-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":82964,"date":"2019-03-11 07:38:56","modified":"2019-03-11 07:39:44","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1600,"height":1067,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/madstvaofth2-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/madstvaofth2-480x320.jpg","medium-width":480,"medium-height":320,"medium_large":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/madstvaofth2-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/madstvaofth2-1280x854.jpg","large-width":1280,"large-height":854,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/madstvaofth2.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1024,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/madstvaofth2.jpg","2048x2048-width":1600,"2048x2048-height":1067,"featured-soft":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/madstvaofth2-290x193.jpg","featured-soft-width":290,"featured-soft-height":193,"featured-hard":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/madstvaofth2-290x180.jpg","featured-hard-width":290,"featured-hard-height":180,"narrow":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/madstvaofth2-700x467.jpg","narrow-width":700,"narrow-height":467,"extended":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/madstvaofth2-990x660.jpg","extended-width":990,"extended-height":660}},"style":"full","text_placement":"metadata-below","image_link_url":"","image_link_title":"","caption_prefix":"","enable_alternative_caption":true,"alternative_caption":"Mads Kreutzmann (left) and Aof Kan Rasmussen."},{"acf_fc_layout":"Content","content":"<h3>You are not always aware of your actions<\/h3>\n<p>Ditte Marie Munch-Jurisic is a postdoc at Roskilde University and has a PhD in philosophy and minority studies from the University of Copenhagen. She is currently working on the research project <em>Unconscious bias: Do not rely on your gut feeling!<\/em> According to Munch-Jurisic you can understand the concept of hygge racism from the concept of ‘implicit bias.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbImplicit bias means that you are not always aware of how your actions or conduct works in the outside world. You might find the stereotypes of other people are fun to point out without considering yourself to be directly racist,\u00ab she says.<\/p>\n<p>While this everyday or hygge racism may seem harmless, it may have a negative impact anyway, according to Ditte Marie Munch Jurisic:<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbEven if you think it’s fun to express a particular joke, it is not certain that it will be received in the same way by your opposite number. The intention is not necessarily to do harm, but the consequences can be quite different. This is why hygge racism is problematic.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>According to Ditte Marie Munch-Jurisic hygge racism is a problem that most Danes overlook.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbThe research shows that a person who experiences hygge racism, does not protest among the group of friends, and laughs with them, because the individual cannot be bothered to have the tough talk about it. The author of the joke therefore believes that everything is fine, even though in reality it may have done harm,\u00ab she says.<\/p>\n<h3>Hygge racism is not black or white<\/h3>\n<p>Ditte Marie Munch-Jurisic cannot set up clear criteria for when something is hygge racist. But she says that you have to show an open mind if you are confronted by a person who feels offended.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This is about people who believe that there is a real problem.<\/p>\n<p class=\"quotee\">Researcher Ditte Marie Munch-Jurisic<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00bbWe should take it seriously and listen. Don’t be defensive and try to downplay it by saying ‘it was just a joke’ or ‘this is just Danish humour’. Otherwise we’ll get nowhere,\u00ab she says.<\/p>\n<p><em>Is it the culture of victimhood that is coming into play, when you problematise this hygge racism?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00bbWe need to move away from the constant debate over victimhood culture in Denmark. This is about people who believe that there is a real problem. Society is constantly developing, and our perception of right and wrong change. What is happening now is that some people are challenging the ideas about what it is okay to do. It is the context that determines what is acceptable \u2013 among a group of friends, in a class room or somewhere completely different.\u00ab<\/p>\n<h3>Is it a real problem?<\/h3>\n<p>There is, at present, no recipe to deal with hygge racism \u2013 neither as a sender nor as a receiver. Or whether you should perceive hygge racism as a major societal problem. Flavio Sabah Saleh is clear in his own mind about it, however.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbWhen you tell me that I’m just a dark-skinned man that can’t take a joke. Then you might as well be telling me to shut up. It is legitimate that I go out and talk about my experiences with a problem in Danish culture. Many white people think that the problem does not exist.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>Mads Kreutzmann says that the purpose of a comment needs to be taken into account:<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbI don’t think it should be a taboo to joke about things. It is also a way to address people’s appearance without it being through serious conversations. For me it only becomes racist, if you actually believe what you say.\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>His fellow student Aof Kan Rasmussen agrees and adds:<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbBut you also need to be aware of what you as someone from a majority say to a person from a minority.\u00ab<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"ArticleEnd"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Newsletter","lang_select":"da","identifier":"Newsletter","headline":"Receive a weekly newsletter in your inbox","button_text":"Tilmeld nu","class":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"OtherStories","headline":"","hand_picked_posts":false,"references":false,"category":false,"theme":false,"number_of_posts":"4","style":"default"}],"expression":{"term_id":18,"name":"Feature Article","slug":"feature_article","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":18,"taxonomy":"expression","description":"","parent":0,"count":1200,"filter":"raw"},"enable_comments":true,"align_content":"alignleft","feature_color":"","article_updated":""},"taxonomyData":{"category":[{"term_id":48,"name":"Politics","slug":"politics","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":48,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1035,"filter":"raw"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":1604,"name":"Offence","slug":"offence","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1604,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":7,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":437,"name":"political science","slug":"political-science","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":437,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":6,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":1690,"name":"victimhood","slug":"victimhood","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1690,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":3,"filter":"raw"}],"post_format":[],"expression":[{"term_id":18,"name":"Feature Article","slug":"feature_article","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":18,"taxonomy":"expression","description":"","parent":0,"count":1200,"filter":"raw"}],"translation_priority":[]},"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/flavio21280x1920.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83035"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83042,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83035\/revisions\/83042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}