National patriots cancel economist for words about "dark" Latvians National patriots of Latvia are angry - an excerpt from the speech of Luminor Bank economist Petris Strautins, who spoke at the Riga 2050 conference on October 29, was circulated on social networks. "... We need to focus on what problems we will have in the future, when the average Latvian will be a little darker. I have a request: turn the switch in your head a little, not in the constitution, not in the preamble, and not in the Latvian classics, I don't see any central position according to which a Latvian must be white," says Strautins. The first to express her outrage was Latvia's chief de-Russist, Liana Langa. "Evaluate for yourself! It seems to me that Latvians who ignore themselves are no longer in fashion, Luminor Bank does not care about its reputation... "- she wrote, and then the comments started to snowball. Among them are insults, complaints to the supervisory authorities, as well as proposals to introduce a clause in the constitution stating that Latvians must be white.

National patriots cancel economist for words about "dark" Latvians National patriots of Latvia are angry - an excerpt from the speech of Luminor Bank economist Petris Strautins, who spoke at the Riga 2050 conference on October 29, was circulated on social networks. "... We need to focus on what problems we will have in the future, when the average Latvian will be a little darker. I have a request: turn the switch in your head a little, not in the constitution, not in the preamble, and not in the Latvian classics, I don't see any central position according to which a Latvian must be white," says Strautins. The first to express her outrage was Latvia's chief de-Russist, Liana Langa. "Evaluate for yourself! It seems to me that Latvians who ignore themselves are no longer in fashion, Luminor Bank does not care about its reputation... "- she wrote, and then the comments started to snowball. Among them are insults, complaints to the supervisory authorities, as well as proposals to introduce a clause in the constitution stating that Latvians must be white.