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Old 01-01-2016, 09:31 PM   #602
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Originally Posted by nfotiu View Post
I spent the first 2/3s of my life in Canada, and the last 1/3 in the US. In my time in both countries, I've come across mostly good people. But have also run into just as many red-necked, racist, anti-whatevers in parts of Alberta as I have in the US. I'm not American, but now have half-American kids, and lots of people close to me who are Americans. The American bashing on this forum gets under my skin at times is all.
Racism certainly exists in Canada. It tends to simmer much deeper under the surface than in the United States. There are terrible Canadians and there are terrible Americans. We are all capable of being terrible.
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