There were a few posts above, but I couldnt decide which one to post. So here is my anecdotal response. (Live in Canada, and talking about Canadians)
A little while back I attended a dinner party. Naturally, things turned political. One of my parents' friends was getting pretty worked up. My mother reminded me to hold back. Anyways, with the ground work set.
He was an immigrant himself. Migrated from the Netherlands to Canada many years ago. And he told me that it was upsetting to him that when he arrived at a Canadian airport he went through security and saw someone that was not "Canadian." So I challenged him on that fact that he did not meet his own definition of "Canadian." (Ie, white and brown v immigrant and citizen)
Anyways, I think this is the real issue of Canada and the USA. My person above was not malicious, actually he was a pretty nice guy. He even asked if my post secondary education "trained" me in being more tolerant. As if I was lucky to have "learned" the new way. Very strange.
I believe its the casual intolerance that takes the turn over in generations to eradicate. Like in many of the cp threads. Hopefully we can look back in 10 years and laugh at the comments. Hopefully.
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