Traveling to Greenland

This Christmas, I had a chance to go home for Christmas. I flew home the 22nd of December and despite a rather turbulent flight, I made it home and met up with my parents and my sister in Nuuk Airport, Greenland. Being home always brings a smile upon my lips - I have a great chance to see how the people I grew up with are doing and see how the country has moved forward. This winter, I was disappointed though, as none of my former close friends appeared to be home, and the political climate in the country has shifted to one that was rather adverse to my nationality - Danish! It is made clear in the media and by leading politicians on a daily basis, that the country would be better if it was Greenlandizised. It is important to understand that the political majority is Greenlandic, and mere 10% of the country's population consist of Danes. Yet it has become the core political debate as many native people feel that Danes are harming the Greenlandic culture and taking their jobs. Granted, many Danes have very good and well paid jobs in Greenland, and while many feels this is unfair and a product of discrimination, I would like to offer a different explanation. Greenland is a part of the Danish Commonwealth with a lot of independent control. As Greenland indeed is a country, the need for a qualified workforce is eminent and a core requirement of success. There are not many well educated Greenlandic people - at least not enough the besiege all posts available. It is therefore necessary to import a number of qualified workers to besiege these positions. Now, as the Danes are traditionally imported to the country for the work that Greenland does not have the capacity to take care of internally, the Danes tend to be well educated. Danes are therefore usually in high level positions that pays well. This seems very hard to accept officially in the political realm, and you therefore often hear rather offensive speeches against Danes in Greenland. This hurts when your parents have fought to keep parts of the country together, and you have sought high level education so that you can become the future of the country. You feel inclined to find work elsewhere in areas where you are appreciated and not a political punch line. I hope that I one day will get the chance and confidence to develop Greenland economically and move the debate from tedious issues such as race and ascendancy to issues of our future as a united country, and a player in the international world.