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by throwawaypath 33 days ago
>Slightly tangential on Swedish society, there are similarities between USA and Sweden. There's a large segment of society that is white and very blond, and there's a largish segment which is not.

There are no similarities at play here. Swedes are the native, indigenous people to Sweden. "White people" in the US are not native nor indigenous to the US.

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Only if you pretend the Sami's don't exist, right?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1mi_people

The existence of the Sami does not falsify the following fact: Swedes are the native, indigenous people to Sweden.
Your confident claim here piqued my curiosity. It seems there's at least some amount of controversy about it. At least in finland it has been suggested that the sami may have been pushed north by colonization around the 14th century.

In any case your statement clearly doesn't hold for the northern part of sweden.

"Some amount of controversy" does not falsify the following fact: Swedes are the native, indigenous people to Sweden.
"Some amount of controversy" means that your confident portrayal is a form of intellectual dishonesty. Not everyone would agree with your statement as written.
"Some amount of controversy" about the earth being flat means that your confident portrayal of a round earth is a form of intellectual dishonesty. Not everyone would agree with your statement as written.