Norway: Anti-racists criticise musician

Norway: Anti-racists criticise musician

Via the Foreigner:
Norwegian NGOs are censuring singer-songwriter Hans Rotmo for being immigrant and Muslim-hostile following release of his new composition.

Mr Rotmo�s song, �Vi fra andre�, is allegedly a pastiche on a poem by Norwegian writer Henrik Wergeland (1808-1845) from 1841 called �Vi ere en Nation, vi med�, which advocates 17th May � Norway�s National Day � should also be for children.

However, the connections with Wergeland�s work become more clouded in the singer-songwriter�s version. Norwegian Centre Against Racism director Kari Helene Partapuoli thinks the text is mostly in �extremely bad taste� and �malicious at times.�

�The entire text is based on quite a few simplistic prejudices against immigrants and Muslims in Norway,� she tells Adresseavisen, �it is a cheerful mixture of misguided xenophobia and incorrect assumptions about the Muslim revolution.�
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