Ulkomaiset lehdet kirjoittavat Suomesta näin selkeästi:
"In many ways, the position of Swedish-speakers in Finland is a bit like the position of ‘whites’ in Zimbabwe twenty years ago - influential, privileged, distinct... but not in charge. According to journalist Therese Catanzariti, Swedish-speaking Finns tend to be wealthier and more educated. But they also have their own schools, their own churches, their own university, their own (consultative) Parliament, their own political-party (Swedish People’s Party, which is usually part of the governing coalition) and their own newspapers. Despite their tiny number, they have built-in influence in all nationalised organisations and are highly significant is business-circles. There is no clearer evidence of their aristocratic status than that it remains compulsory for all Finns to learn Swedish, the language of a tiny minority, in school. In these ways, like white Zimbabweans, Swedish-speakers are a kind of colonial relic."
- Edward Dutton, Ovi Magazine 14/2006.
"A result of that constitutional mandate, few would disagree, is that Finland is home to the world's most pampered minority, the endangered Swedish-speaking Finn. Even as their numbers and influence dwindle – from a high of 14 percent of the population in 1880 to 5 percent today – their rights continue to flourish."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/25/world/europe/25iht-finland.html?_r=1
Tämän kaiken tarkoitus on vain se, että "bättre folk" pystyy säilyttämään bättre folken asemansa.
"In many ways, the position of Swedish-speakers in Finland is a bit like the position of ‘whites’ in Zimbabwe twenty years ago - influential, privileged, distinct... but not in charge. According to journalist Therese Catanzariti, Swedish-speaking Finns tend to be wealthier and more educated. But they also have their own schools, their own churches, their own university, their own (consultative) Parliament, their own political-party (Swedish People’s Party, which is usually part of the governing coalition) and their own newspapers. Despite their tiny number, they have built-in influence in all nationalised organisations and are highly significant is business-circles. There is no clearer evidence of their aristocratic status than that it remains compulsory for all Finns to learn Swedish, the language of a tiny minority, in school. In these ways, like white Zimbabweans, Swedish-speakers are a kind of colonial relic."
- Edward Dutton, Ovi Magazine 14/2006.
"A result of that constitutional mandate, few would disagree, is that Finland is home to the world's most pampered minority, the endangered Swedish-speaking Finn. Even as their numbers and influence dwindle – from a high of 14 percent of the population in 1880 to 5 percent today – their rights continue to flourish."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/25/world/europe/25iht-finland.html?_r=1
Tämän kaiken tarkoitus on vain se, että "bättre folk" pystyy säilyttämään bättre folken asemansa.
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