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Originally Posted by Red Slinger
Well, in that case we can all stop trying to improve the society we live in since it's worse in other parts of the world.
I suppose we can close this thread now.
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We can improve it of course, but let's not pretend it's the worst thing in the world. It's like the standard has been placed too high, the more we do the more it's not enough. Calgary welcomes everyone, there are a tonne of services and agencies for newcomers and minorities. White Calgarians must register millions of hours of volunteer work in this area. Yet here we are having a white privilege discussion.
We need to look at all the good things we are doing. Take immigration for instance. Japan takes no refugees. None. But we make excuses, well Japan is a homogeneous society, refugees wouldn't really fit in there, they are already overpopulated etc.. Nobody calls Japan racist. Why don't we hold their feet to the fire.
Europe and North America takes in hundreds of thousands of refugees and it's not enough, we are still leaving some behind and getting bashed for a racist policy. There either is an immigration policy or there isn't.
I find this troubling.