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Originally Posted by Makarov
That is a fair comment re immigrants. It isn’t surprising that, generally speaking, immigrants will be less wealthy than people who were born in state x. However, in Canada and the United States, two of the most marginalized groups (blacks in the US and indigenous persons in Canada) have been there for nearly as long or much longer than whites.
Also, presumably, our goal, idealistic though it may be, is that children born in Canada have the same opportunities for success regardless of how long their families have resided here?
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I do not think that Blacks in America are marginalized today (this is a point that many disagree). They are getting stronger and stronger in America and while racism certainly still exists, I go back to my equation above of once having 0 cents to now having 6 cents. Change cannot happen over night but over the last 50 years, there have been incredible progress through education, business, arts and entertainment. The fight continues on as 6 cents will one day become 12 cents or 24 cents.
Indigenous people in Canada is an issue I cannot understand in Canada. It is not something I have studied much. I do not know what is holding them back today. Is there more Canada can or should do?
As for the idealistic goal. Being born in Canada is not a good measuring stick. You can be born in Canada poor, you cannot immigrate to Canada poor. So you may have Canadian-born kids of different races in the same grade 9 class learning the same things, taking the same exams, but they may not have the same opportunities going forward.