A friend of mine is a Muslim that escaped from Somalia during its civil war. Everywhere he goes he faces racism. The cars parked outside his mosque had their tires slashed. Walking down the street in Toronto, in Montreal, in Ottawa... same deal: routinely people yell "GO BACK WHERE YOU CAME FROM TERRORISTS!!!" His daughters have it worse since they wear the hijab whereas my friend, being from Somalia, doesn't look middle-eastern. Even at university, our institutions of higher learning, they are routinely insulted.
Canada isn't nearly as tolerant as we would like. I agree with my friend that for every one that yells out insults there are likely 10 others that are just as racist but are not willing to risk a confrontation.
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