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• Weekly magazine discusses racism in Latvia

Weekly magazine

Weekly magazine Nedēļa publishes interviews with several people about expressions of intolerance and racism in Latvia. An Asian American man, who preferred to stay anonymous, stated that while living in Latvia he has faced many episodes of racial hatred and intolerance addressed towards him. He argued that Latvians compared to other nations are the most intolerant people in the world. The member of the Afro Latvian Organization Salahs Sarifs announced that there is discrimination in employment on the grounds of skin colour. However, Salahs Sarifs believed that intolerance and violence against people of different colour of skin are not wide spread phenomena in Latvia.Roma project coordinatorof the International Organization for Migration Vanda Zamicka-Bergendale argued that although there are problems with tolerance, in general Latvians are not racists. While the Head of the Latvias office of the International Organization for MigrationIlmars Mezs stated that there are no big differences between Latvians and other East Europeans regarding racism, however, he also argued that manifestations of intolerance may be partly explained by soviet mentality acquired during the Soviet times.