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Originally Posted by peter12
The racism in Scandinavia will shock even the stupidest North American. I have friends who got treated differently there while traveling just because they had brown hair.
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Really? As an Icelander with brownish hair, whose dad has black hair, and whose brother has dark brown hair, I am very curious to hear exactly how. I think you might be a little surprised by how few scandinavians actually look like Swedish flight attendants in a beer commercial.
Are there racists in Scandinavia? Sure. There are ######bags everywhere--it's a global phenomenon. But let's not paint with too broad a brush here. Scandinavian societies happen to be some of the most tolerant in the world.
EDIT: Upon reading the rest of the thread I see that this issue was addressed already. I leave my post up as a sign of officially taking umbrage, though. Harrumph!