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Norway's new government criticized for lack of diversity
TheLocal.no ^ | 19 January 2018 18:20 CET+01:00

Posted on 01/22/2018 8:02:53 AM PST by Olog-hai

The Norwegian Center Against Racism has criticized Prime Minister Erna Solberg’s newly-formed cabinet for failing to “reflect the population”.

Rune Berglund Steen, who is head of the NGO, also said the lack of diversity represented a “democratic problem”.

“Even Trump’s government has more people with minority ethnic backgrounds than the Norwegian [government],” Steen, who was speaking to broadcaster NRK, said.

Among the 68 ministers and secretaries presented by Solberg as she unveiled the new government on Wednesday, only two appear to be of minority background, according to NRK — State Secretary Anne Karin Olli, who is of indigenous Sami heritage, and German-born Rebekka Borsch. …

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: annekarinolli; diversity; ernasolberg; europe; europeanunion; germany; jantoresanner; liberalagenda; norway; rebekkaborsch; runeberglundsteen; saami; sami; solberg; ssami; sylotaraku
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1 posted on 01/22/2018 8:02:53 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Too Norwegian, I guess.


2 posted on 01/22/2018 8:04:04 AM PST by epluribus_2 (he had the best mom - ever.)
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To: Olog-hai
The Norwegian Center Against Racism Whites.
3 posted on 01/22/2018 8:06:05 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: Olog-hai

Does anyone ever abject two China’s government having too many Chinese, or that the Saudis do not have enough foreign born members in their government? How about Japan, how many Turks are government ministers in Germany. It’s all so silly. The only countries who really don’t care about such things as those that don’t have much National sovereignty anyway like when Peru was run by a Japanese guy.


4 posted on 01/22/2018 8:06:46 AM PST by epluribus_2 (he had the best mom - ever.)
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To: Olog-hai

Hey now, that’s funny.


5 posted on 01/22/2018 8:06:56 AM PST by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
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To: Olog-hai

“Diversity” ALWAYS leads to total chaos. IMHO.


6 posted on 01/22/2018 8:08:45 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (2017 - The year the liberals' "sexual revolution" strikes back!)
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To: jazminerose

For eight years the USA was run by a guy from Indonesia so we should be good for quite awhile.


7 posted on 01/22/2018 8:10:03 AM PST by shelterguy
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To: Olog-hai

I thought diversity in Norway meant allowing some brunettes in the gov’t.


8 posted on 01/22/2018 8:12:43 AM PST by C19fan
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To: Olog-hai

The threw the German Nazis out. Now they are going to have to throw the Islamic Nazis next.


9 posted on 01/22/2018 8:16:37 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Olog-hai

“Diversity” is always a code for ‘whites need to get out’


10 posted on 01/22/2018 8:17:50 AM PST by LydiaLong
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To: epluribus_2
Too Norwegian, I guess

Former broadcaster Neal Boortz used to do this schtick where he would get offended by the cleansed phrase "the N-word" and would pretend that it stood for "Norwegian". He then read lyrics to a rap song and every time the rapper sang "n----r", he would replace it with "Norwegian". Funny as hell.

11 posted on 01/22/2018 8:19:18 AM PST by OrangeHoof (Donald Trump: Doing the work American politicians just won't do.)
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To: Olog-hai

Would members of the Swedish Bikini Team qualify as diversity? They’re not Norwegian after all.


12 posted on 01/22/2018 8:21:03 AM PST by tom h
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To: Olog-hai

The ‘minorities’ they really want in government are of the muslim persuasion, and the ‘inclusive policies’ they seek will eventually lead to Sharia.


13 posted on 01/22/2018 8:25:41 AM PST by floozy22
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To: Olog-hai
Norway's population is made up of about 91.5% Norwegian & “other European” persons.

Of the remaining 8.5%. It seems to me to be reasonable to assume that half of those would be “ethnic minorities” (aka not Caucasian). So, the population of Norway is probably a little over 4% “non-Caucasian.

2 Ministers out of 68 is about 3%.

Based on their population demographics, it looks to me like the number of "minorities" in the Norwegian government is well within the range that one should expect.

14 posted on 01/22/2018 8:25:49 AM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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“Diversity” is always a code for ‘whites need to get out’

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Diversity = Trojan Horse


15 posted on 01/22/2018 8:28:00 AM PST by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minIt seems to me that theds.)
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To: Olog-hai

The Norwegian DNA results show a very unique combination of DNA which is similar to Sweden. It is because armies never crossed those countries, and no large invasions have occurred in the last millennia and perhaps even earlier.
Because of the mountainous coastline and fjords, numerous dialects of the Norwegian language developed, and the gene pool remained rather pure.

A bunch of busybodies who are always finding fault and never satisfied with western culture, IMHO.


16 posted on 01/22/2018 8:31:28 AM PST by Gumdrop
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To: LydiaLong

So... no more whites in Norway?


17 posted on 01/22/2018 8:46:40 AM PST by D Rider
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To: Olog-hai

Typical Nazis determinating the preferred race. How about only skinny women in government?


18 posted on 01/22/2018 8:56:09 AM PST by keving (We the government)
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To: D Rider

You know...at some point in the future, we’re going to just have to pluck up some courage and say, “But we don’t want diversity. We like it the way it is.”


19 posted on 01/22/2018 9:01:57 AM PST by LydiaLong
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To: Olog-hai

Hmmmm? I can think of other nations that have worse diversity issue!


20 posted on 01/22/2018 9:08:41 AM PST by Lopeover ( The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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