Means lots more billing for immigration lawyers?
“Why are we so old?” immigration attorney Jennifer Atkinson asked a small crowd gathered Nov. 16 for a talk about her work, hosted by the Camden Conference at Rockport Opera House.
“Look around...” she said. “We’re white. We’re so old because we’re so white.”
She put the area’s demographics bluntly, calling the Midcoast “a bastion of whiteness” within the oldest and whitest state in the country. Knox and Waldo counties are tied, at 96.8 percent, for second-whitest county in the state, while neighboring Lincoln County is first at 96.9 percent.
While some residents might be content with this, Atkinson said it doesn’t bode well for Maine’s economy or its future. ...
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