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Originally Posted by Ark2
People throw the word "racist" around like nothing these days. Please tell me, how was he being racist?
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Well you're right, perhaps it's not racist per say, but the idea that foreign languages are inferior and should not be spoken and that everyone in Canada needs to speak the offical language is completely disrespecting the cultural mosaic this country actually is. It comes across as someone bitter that other people are not following the conventional Caucasian / English "Canada" that may have been prevalent in previous generations.
Barry Whiteley comes across to me as the kind of guy who wants a 1950's-esque Canada, harping back to the "good ol' days" when English was spoken by all the good citizens while waiting for the bus at the corner.
This country no longer exists in such an antiquated fantasy. And that's a good thing. Diversity should be embraced.