Describing my experience with racism starts by looking at how constructed racial prejudices have left most assuming that systemic racial discrimiation is an imaginary tale; one of several cases of Norwegian institutions presenting a more ideal inclusive system for racial minorities than they in reality do. A large number of refugees and migrants are traditionally excluded and in many cases they must wait for that Norwegian to decide on their faith, to tell them what to do, to allow them to live! I do not like the connotation that you must speak Norwegian language but at all turns be denied the opportunity to practice it.

So if there is no Norwegian inclusion, then there should not be the refugees' inclusion done for them. Indeed, inclusion is inclusion and no one should wait for another person to allow them to be included. So, if every time a refugee is given a job, and they say, these people have something to offer in terms of skills and competences, then you have to at some point question this reality, and call attention to it. So it is not a Norwegian job, it is a job that everyone with the required skills and competences could do, but in the predominantly Norwegian labor market. Nothing should be one way forever, my anti-racism work focuses on deconstructing such microaggressions.

I believe that anti-racism work should re-examine those old tales of inclusion and cover new ground with inclusive representation based on the victims' and survivors lived experience, rather than racial gaslighting them that racism is an imaginary tale in Norwegian society. As refugees, we can be victims, survivors, activists, and everything in between. But it is a choice, everyone has a choice to express their lived experiences the way they want to. Society should allow a person to do that; whether a Norwegian person likes it or not. This dilemma about inclusion can only be addressed by calling attention to it. That is, if a refugee is offered a job, does not have to be given a reason for being there.