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rb, I'm not detaching from history but that's a different subject completely. I'm pendantic about language and it's definitions.
Iceland is/was considering forming laws based on hate/bias because of the influx of immigrants. From the articles I've read they are looking deeper than creation of laws, but more discussion as to where the bias originates from especially in their youth.
Maybe abaya can comment more about that since she's there and interfaces with ethnic groups directly.
I can only based on my experience, which was a belief that I was just assaulted by a drunk man. Other people, after contacting the police (no police report was filed even the police didn't label it as such) discussed it as a hate/bias crime.
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