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Originally Posted by shogged
I think if he had come out and said that he was disappointed in all Canadians who don't support veterans financially with a poppy donation, you'd be correct. The difference is he specifically targeted immigrants which is racism in a nutshell.
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I think people are confusing racism these days, and I have a question.
From my understanding racism is prejudice at an ethnic background.
Immigrants (and the new negative connotation that is now has) refers to all ethnic backgrounds (Syrian refugees, Polish, Ukrainian, Filipino, Irish, German, Italian, Indian, Pakistani, Chinese, African etc). I excluded Americans as they are usually considered "ex-pats" but they are all different backgrounds.
So to assume "you people" being immigrants are all visible minorities, wouldn't that be a racist?
I also understand that Don Cherry has a bias towards offensive comments, but I don't think what he said was racist. I thought it was a shot at all new comers to Canada which in and of itself is its own issue, but not racist.