[stevekemp]

I had a quick look, because I know that immigration has definitely increased over recent years - both in terms of the acceptance of refugees, and those that chose to migrate here.

Wikipedia says:

As a result of recent immigration there are now also large groups of ethnic Russians, Estonians, Iraqis and Somalis in the country.

7.9% of the population is born abroad and 5.2% are foreign citizens.

I'll round up 7.9% to 10%, which basically says one in ten people in the country were born abroad. That's not a particularly homogeneous population - less than London, or other larger cities for sure, but given the small population of the country (5 million, ish) it's pretty impressive.

But yes, the whole American idea of "race" is weird as a European. Americans tend to mean "White" or "Black", but there's a lot of difference between a white Irish man, a white Scottish man, a white Italian man, and a white Bosnian man. Perhaps best not to really try to discuss that here, lest things get heated.

[slashdev]

> But yes, the whole American idea of "race" is weird as a European. Americans tend to mean "White" or "Black", but there's a lot of difference between a white Irish man, a white Scottish man, a white Italian man, and a white Bosnian man.

Precisely my point.