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Originally Posted by icecube
Canada isnt much better. We just dont have the same amount of studies dont on this topic as they have done in the states on black people. But we tell ourselves that we dont have racism here because Canada is friendly eh.
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I don’t think that’s completely accurate. I went to the Civil Rights Museum in Atlanta last year and what took place in recent history in the US is a stark contrast to what we have seen in Canada. I don’t deny that there is racism here in Canada, and I think it’s particularly notable against certain groups, but in the US they had legislation that was incredibly racist. I expected that a lot of that was dealt with before my time, but some of these laws and regulations persisted until the late 90’s. That’s pretty unbelievable.
Really, the US and their race issues are just so much more pronounced than what we see here. Race is really a non-issue in Canadian society, whereas it’s still a noticeable difference in the US.