I’ve Changed My Vocabulary About Russia

Former Russian colonies have to re-evaluate our attitudes and communication.

Taru Anniina Liikanen

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Photo by Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona on Unsplash

When I grew up in Finland, I learned there were some words we shouldn’t use in society. Slurs for our neighbors, Swedes and Russians, the latter one being among the most common I heard in those days.

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Taru Anniina Liikanen

Stand-up comedian and recovering political ghostwriter. Finnish by birth, porteña at heart. Bad jokes frequent.