Finland and Racism

I had a few friends go to Finland on vacation this past summer to mostly drink and to go to some concerts.
I asked them to bring back something cheap, weird and Finish.
Well they delivered...


What the hell...

He's name is Petter-Peli. Which apparently means Black Peter and he is Finland's answer to Old Maid. But instead of a crotchety old woman you don't want to end up with, you get stuck with an old racist stereotype.

Here is a desciption of the game:
"Pekka-Peli is a game apart. Not only is it a game without winners -- the goal of the game is to not become the loser, Pekka-Peli.

Looks like Pekka-Peli has been labeled as an outcast and a loser by Finnish society. Sounds racist enough to me.

Here are some of the "non-losers" that are included in the game:



Not only are all the characters really white, they get to do cool stuff like: be an old miser, drive a race car, cut the legs off of someone's suit and grab a cat by the tail.

Poor old pete is left to smoke a cigarette out in the cold in some stupid hat.