The article did not deal with Islam, and the 'four types of youth' described were not specifically immigrants or Muslims either.
Immigrants don't make up 50% of the Danish population, and with a twist, this could have been an anti-immigration poster. So why is pushing such a distorted picture of the population considered politically correct?
Source: BT (Danish)
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This entry makes no sense. There's nothing xenophobic and/or Islamophobic about the article. And there is only one out of four people pictured who can be assumed to be Muslim (and if you draw any other conclusions it's about time you start considering your own prejudices). I follow Danish news on immigration, integration and discrimiantion on a daily basis but this one you got wrong. Very wrong.
I didn't say it was xenophobic. Exactly the opposite - this picture is the model of political correctness. But it's also supposed to be a picture of the 'average' Danish youth.
If you paint a picture of Denmark where 50% are immigrants (2 people pictured are not visibly ethnic Dane), then don't be surprised when people feel threatened by it.
I can definitely see an anti-immigration party coming out with headlines - Denmark's population will be 25% Muslim in 20 years! Ethnic Danes will be a minority!
Is that xenophobic? Notice that this picture says exactly the same thing. This is what I meant when I said that 'with a twist' this can be an anti-immigration poster.
This reminds me of the image American TV paints - outside the US at least, quite a few people I speak to have a very distorted picture of the composition of the population.
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