[classicman]

Originally Posted by DanaC

This is important, for those people who think the civil rights abuses of yesteryear don't affect life chances today for those groups involved.

But but but. . . .

Roughly a century ago, many Swedes immigrated to America. They’ve done very well here. Only about 6.7 percent of Swedish-Americans live in poverty. Also a century ago, many Swedes decided to remain in Sweden. They’ve done well there, too. When two economists calculated Swedish poverty rates according to the American standard, they found that 6.7 percent of the Swedes in Sweden were living in poverty.