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Originally Posted by Thunderball
This might sound petty, but the only racism I've seen is against myself by our own "fair system". I'm a white, english speaking, middle class male. I've been denied federal scholarships, despite more than adequate grades cause I don't speak french or I'm not status first nation, I've been denied jobs cause I'm not an ethnic minority, I've been searched by customs because I "can't take them to court for racial profiling", and so on...
There's racism everywhere, and maybe you don't feel it while travelling, cause you're there for a short period of time, while you live here, giving you a much wider frame of reference. Think its bad here... try being a black man in the Southern US, or a blonde woman in Mexico and Latin America.
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Spare me the self righteousness. In fact this post makes me sick. Equating your 'white man's burden' with the real hardships that many aboriginal and immigrant people face is just plain sickening.
Get a grip. Read a book on racism before you litter this board with your bile.