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Originally Posted by flip
One thing I've learned about CP is that getting answers to generalizations is almost impossible.
If anyone on CP says ANYTHING bad about Americans, no matter how "true" the stereotype is, they get attacked. Yet at other times generalizations about Canadians seem to be much more accepted.
So the answer, IMO, is yes. Calgary is a racist city compared to Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. Compared to anywhere in the bible belt, many parts of the southern US and the US midwest, Calgary is either a progressive city or about normal.
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We should definitely emulate the Quebec model of progressiveness. I'll get the storefront signs, you get the immigrants.
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