Introduction

When Americans discuss other countries we should emulate they invariably invoke Britain, Canada, or whichever country we went to on our sophomore study abroad program. Andrew Heaton: I find the almost exclusive American fixation on other white people countries rather myopic. Europe seems to me when we're discussing racial issues, South Africa makes more sense to talk about than Sweden. Singapore is simultaneously claimed by conservative think tanks and progressive think tanks as an example of how their preferred system would work well in America.