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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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The critic is deficient in one thing -- she hasn't been beaten with a bag of oranges. Probably the cold climate. Thanks Olog-hai.

21 posted on 01/22/2018 9:24:49 AM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: Olog-hai

Diversity is where nations go to die.

Fight back, Norway.


22 posted on 01/22/2018 10:05:02 AM PST by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: epluribus_2

Diversity means hiring unqualified minorities.


23 posted on 01/22/2018 10:16:11 AM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (The first step in ending the war on white people is to recognize it exists.)
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To: Gumdrop

I think DNA studies have shown some Celtic ancestry from ancestors taken back to Norway as slaves from Scotland or Ireland in the Middle Ages.


24 posted on 01/22/2018 10:52:36 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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