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Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
Are you surprised that there are racists in Alberta? I'm not. Although subjectively things have gotten better, the root or these issues still exist. Growing up in rural Alberta students at my high school spray painted KKK on the school wall as a 'joke', that was in 2010. Walking to work in 2017 I say a series of posters promoting a White Nationalist group citing how immigration was a threat. Sitting in a bar room last weekend, I over heard people explain why they hated Natives. This isn't a fan base issue, its a cultural issues.
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It’s not just Alberta either, I used to be very much of the opinion that racism was not an issue in this country for most of my young adult life, until I started dating my current GF who is from Nigeria for the past 9 months. The stories she has told me about the racism she’s had to deal with since she’s been here was a real eye opener and I had to witness her have to deal with not 1 but 2 racist landlords. I’ve seen a massive difference in how we get treated in customer service situations compared to how I was treated when I was dating a white girl, not to mention the endless stares we get in public. It’s almost like people haven’t seen a very dark person with a white person before. Idk I feel like I’m rambling but it’s not an Alberta problem, we live in BC, racism is everywhere in this country and if you disagree you just haven’t talked to someone whose experienced it.
Also, most of her racist experiences have been with classmates and people of her age group (early 20’s). I won’t get into details but it’s shocking some of the stuff she has heard at school, social functions, and parties.
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