Sweden, Land of Migrants
I was nursing my daughter in our home here when I learned that the nationalist Sweden Democrats captured 17.5 percent of the vote in parliamentary elections last month. Since neither the traditional left or right blocs won a majority, the Sweden Democrats, with roots in the neo-Nazi movement, hold the balance of power.
In the days leading up to the election I received racist propaganda in my mailbox from a more extreme right party that said of immigrants, “Time to go home”.
It made me reflect on the women in my family and our own history of migration.
In the early 1900s, Sweden was a country you migrated from, not to.… Seguir leyendo »