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PyramidsofMars · 03-14-2010, 12:03 AM

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/...-minority.html

look at the comments!

While many of them are reasonable concerns about immigration, integration, the economy, etc. etc. Some are just insane nonsense like 'go back to where you came from' and 'if I'm going to be a minority in my own country I might as well move somewhere sunnier' and 'thank god I'm going to be gone' and 'I'm not going to like 2031'.

Jesus.

I mean, correct me if I'm wrong, but last time I checked, a 'visible minority' hardly meant a first-generation immigrant. I'm sure the visible minority population which has been here for generations is not insignificant, and I'm part of it. Where are these people hiding? I know that these stories get posted on white supremacist forums, and many of them make a point of both voting on the comments and making them, but this is still a bit bizarre and unsettling.

In any case, it's not surprising; there has ALWAYS been anti-immigrant sentiment in Canada. When the Klan were big in Alberta in the 1920's, they were focused on Eastern Europeans, and ethnic tensions have always been a part of Canada's fabric. It's just depressing that ther are so many people out there who operate on the logic that if people look different to me they must be different to me, and I'll go and play in this sandbox where most people look like me.

I'm going to laugh so much if there's a mass exodus of the brilliant minds that most racists and bigots are to Iceland or Finland or somewhere, and they ruin those countries like they claim non-whites are ruining Canada.

03-14-2010, 12:03 AM	#1
PyramidsofMars Scoring Winger Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Calgary Exp:	Where do these people live?! http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/...-minority.html look at the comments! While many of them are reasonable concerns about immigration, integration, the economy, etc. etc. Some are just insane nonsense like 'go back to where you came from' and 'if I'm going to be a minority in my own country I might as well move somewhere sunnier' and 'thank god I'm going to be gone' and 'I'm not going to like 2031'. Jesus. I mean, correct me if I'm wrong, but last time I checked, a 'visible minority' hardly meant a first-generation immigrant. I'm sure the visible minority population which has been here for generations is not insignificant, and I'm part of it. Where are these people hiding? I know that these stories get posted on white supremacist forums, and many of them make a point of both voting on the comments and making them, but this is still a bit bizarre and unsettling. In any case, it's not surprising; there has ALWAYS been anti-immigrant sentiment in Canada. When the Klan were big in Alberta in the 1920's, they were focused on Eastern Europeans, and ethnic tensions have always been a part of Canada's fabric. It's just depressing that ther are so many people out there who operate on the logic that if people look different to me they must be different to me, and I'll go and play in this sandbox where most people look like me. I'm going to laugh so much if there's a mass exodus of the brilliant minds that most racists and bigots are to Iceland or Finland or somewhere, and they ruin those countries like they claim non-whites are ruining Canada.