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Originally Posted by Rathji
Once you add all those qualifiers you are almost to the point where your statement is not blatantly false.
Part of the disadvantages that minorities face in Canada is
a) They don't speak the language as well if they were not born here.
b) Their (out of country) education doesn't mean anything here.
c) Racial profiling of banks loaning money for houses in certain areas is influenced by race.
d) Even if they grow up in Canada, they have a much higher chance of growing up in a middle or lower class family/neighborhood, which automatically puts them at a disadvantage later in life.
e) Due to c) and d) they don't have as much access to good schooling, or extracurricular activities.
So if you totally discount the groups of minorities that do have a distinct disadvantage, then you are almost correct in saying that minorities have an equal shot.
Don't worry though, your position that you don't have an advantage is a very common one amongst dominant groups in society, so you are most certainly not along in your opinion. However, the statistics say you are far more wrong than you would like to believe.
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you're right. the opportunities for immigrants in canada are disgraceful. hopefully the country as a whole sorts this out and stops being so unaccommodating.