Engelsk racism

Today there is not so much racism in Denmark, as there were 70 years back in the USA. However, the racism is still there, just not so cruel. Beside Danes, there are immigrants from all over the world living in Denmark. A part of them lives peacefully, but what about the other immigrants. In 2013 there was 456.3861 immigrants living in Denmark. A third of them are from the western world, and the others are from the eastern world. When we speak about racism,we do not really speak about the immigrants from the west. How can that be? I think it is mostly about religion, and maybe a little bit about the look too. Denmark is a Christian country and have been that for almost 1000 years now. People from the western are mostly Christian too, or Catholics, but they believe in the same God, and most of them have the same Christian traditions, like them we have in Denmark. However, people from the other side of the world, as the Middle East has another religion and a different culture, most them are Muslims and believe in Islam. The Islamic faith is very strong, and if you are a strong believer, there must be some rules you need to keep. Wearing a headscarf for example. Many Danes are national and conservative. They do not want any changes, especially not for something that can take a little bit of their freedom, like the headscarf. Therefor many Danes act racist to immigrants from the eastern world. A problem immigrants have to begin with in Denmark can be to ‘fit in’. They must sacrifice some cultural habits, maybe also some religious. If they do not speak the language very well, they may not be so lucky at finding a good job. Therefor many immigrants take the jobs the Danes do not want, which does not require the biggest skills that could be cleaning for example. I think the society is helping the immigrants, maybe not so much as the immigrant’s wishes, for example a mosque was built in Copenhagen not so long time ago, it has been discussed that pork must be abolish in some kindergartens too and some public institutions have praying rooms. However, if the immigrant’s wishes to fit into society, then they also need to show interest, whether they are from one side of the earth or the other. They have to be open for the Danish culture too. There will always be some kind of hate over a specific group of people. In USA, it was the black people, and in Denmark, it is the immigrants