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Originally Posted by Ducay
Did you read the story? It was pulled (not in above pic I believe) because they didnt want to offend Asians, by stereotyping them that they are all good with sciences and math, etc. The fact the bill is brownish yellow made it even worse
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That's not entirely true. This whole story is just a bunch of PC bull#### piled on top of even more PC bull#### and everyone involved should be ashamed.
So first we have these overly sensitive morons:
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"Some believe that it presents a stereotype of Asians excelling in technology and/or the sciences. Others feel that an Asian should not be the only ethnicity represented on the banknotes. Other ethnicities should also be shown."
A few even said the yellow-brown colour of the $100 banknote reinforced the perception the woman was Asian, and "racialized" the note.
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Then we have this racist moron:
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One person in Fredericton commented: "The person on it appears to be of Asian descent which doesn't rep(resent) Canada. It is fairly ugly."
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Then another overly sensitive moron:
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"The fact that an Asian woman's features were introduced to the bill ... I think itself is a huge step forward in achieving true multiculturalism in Canada," Huang, 24, said in an interview in Ottawa.
"But the fact that the proposal was rejected represents a huge step back."
She said the "overly sensitive" decision to remove the Asian features suggests prejudice against visible minorities persists in Canada.
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followed by morons we already knew about from when the bills were first introduced:
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The $50 and $20 banknotes feature a research icebreaker and the Canadian National Vimy Memorial respectively, with no images of ordinary Canadians. Some members of the focus groups said the Vimy memorial looked disturbingly like New York's twin towers, brought down by terrorists in 2001.
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And of course the government is involved. That's on an entirely distinct level of stupidity.