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Inter-racial couple vow to leave community after cross burning, car set on fire

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Vic

Please help me with my bad english
Now now, not all the peoples of Nova Scotia are dipshit assholes like the ones who did those evil acts, the same probably goes to the American "South", I'm quite sure that there's a lot of genuinely good people in those places. Unfortunately, all it takes is simple acts like those ones to spoil what could have been a great time living there. Good things can be easily tarnished.
 

YoungHav

Banned
DrFunk said:
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http://deadspin.com/5492171/yup-thats-some-blackface-at-a-hockey-game

Racism? It's everywhere :\
But Canada doesn't have a history of racism towards blacks, so how is this offensive? How dare you Americans impose your beliefs on race on us. In fact, calling this racist makes you the racist.

*sarcasm*
 
LQX said:
I will never get some racists especially the ones that never or rarely seem to come in contact with the people they hate. The guy is the only black person in the community so its not like they have had issues with other blacks.


That's the whole thing, people are always 'shocked' at seeing racism when there are places where there are no black people. Black people enter picture, "omg racism found suddenly!". I mean can there really even be racism in Montana?? lol
 

ili0926

Member
Dreams-Visions said:
really surprising to me. I guess because so many African-Americas (then just slaves) defected to Canada. freed slaves too coming from America and the Caribbean.

there's a reason why Caribana is held in Canada...and is fucking awesome.

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the Caribbean/African-Canadian presence is strong. and *BEAUTIFUL*.

/me will be at Caribana 2010.

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Really unfortunate to hear that this happened in Canada. =/ I thought 40 years of multiculturalism would have all of us past this kind of stuff.
 

Gaborn

Member
I'm surprised at the surprise that Canada has racists. Racism exists at every level in every society in human history where there are two or more different races co-existing together. It's a disgusting thing but let's not kid ourselves here, no country is free of it and that's because hate is unfortunately a universal concept.
 

Blackace

if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
Gaborn said:
I'm surprised at the surprise that Canada has racists. Racism exists at every level in every society in human history where there are two or more different races co-existing together. It's a disgusting thing but let's not kid ourselves here, no country is free of it and that's because hate is unfortunately a universal concept.

I am more shocked at the shared use of nooses and burning crosses between the US and Canada..
 

Gaborn

Member
Blackace said:
I am more shocked at the shared use of nooses and burning crosses between the US and Canada..

mini-guillotines would probably have been too awkward for the racists to carry.
 

Blackace

if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
Gaborn said:
mini-guillotines would probably have been too awkward for the racists to carry.

where is that irony poster when you need it?
 

Zzoram

Member
Dreams-Visions said:
yea, I see that now. I had always thought of Canada being less racially polarized than America.

I was kinda hoping Canada had just...missed...that whole race thing that infected the countries to its south.

guess not.

Even Canada has small towns and rural populations, the places where this type of thing are most likely to occur. Racism is far more likely to occur where there is less interracial cooperation, whether it's through school, extracurricular activities, or work. It's easy for people to be scared of the "others" when they've never interacted with one.
 

Kinitari

Black Canada Mafia
zedge said:
Oh ffs. :ROLLEYES:

I'm suprised it took this long..

I mean, I don't see why that is such a crazy statement.

Toronto is super multicultural, and has a huge Caribbean population, I doubt any Canadian city in the maritime can even come close to comparing. Thus, there would be next to no reason to have it there.

I understand the statement was a bit inflammatory, but it's not untrue.

Edit:

Ah, saw you quoted the wrong thing, or maybe I read it wrong - carry on with your head shaking, that really was a bit pointless to say.
 

Gaborn

Member
Blackace said:
where is that irony poster when you need it?

Hey, I was joking. I don't think the guillotine has ever been associated with Canada even though some of the early European settlers (excluding the vikings of course) were French trappers. Still kind of an amusing image though.
 

Blackace

if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
Gaborn said:
Hey, I was joking. I don't think the guillotine has ever been associated with Canada even though some of the early European settlers (excluding the vikings of course) were French trappers. Still kind of an amusing image though.

no no.. I just like seeing the poster of the Klansman on fire..
 

zedge

Member
Kinitari said:
I mean, I don't see why that is such a crazy statement.

Toronto is super multicultural, and has a huge Caribbean population, I doubt any Canadian city in the maritime can even come close to comparing. Thus, there would be next to no reason to have it there.

I understand the statement was a bit inflammatory, but it's not untrue.

Edit:

Ah, saw you quoted the wrong thing, or maybe I read it wrong - carry on with your head shaking, that really was a bit pointless to say.


Yea, sorry, I quoted the wrong post at first. This "eastern" sterotype of Alberta really pisses me off. Calgary and Edmonton are two of the most diverse cities in Canada. Sure there are small towns with some red necks, but you can find that in any province in Canada.

Why is racism from another part of Canada such a shock?
 

Slavik81

Member
I'd certainly leave after that. I hope the guys who did this get a tough sentence. There's no possible way to conceivably write this off as anything less than an attempt to harm and intimidate.
 

SRG01

Member
zedge said:
Yea, sorry, I quoted the wrong post at first. This "eastern" sterotype of Alberta really pisses me off. Calgary and Edmonton are two of the most diverse cities in Canada. Sure there are small towns with some red necks, but you can find that in any province in Canada.

Why is racism from another part of Canada such a shock?

Edmonton is more multicultural than most Canadian cities out there simply because the self-segregation of populations just isn't there. Everyone hangs out with each other and the only remotely race-related issue we have here is the growing homeless population.
 

KnightM7

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Edmonton has their own Caribana(since that seems to be the sign that a city isnt racist..)

Obviously not as big as Toronto's but it happens every year.
 

Pachinko

Member
Each of Canada's urban areas seem to be multicultural but in reality they are merely sectioned off by nationality. Whites live in suburbs that surround all the major cities, students live downtown or nearby the major universities and colleges. 20 somethings otherwise living with friends or on their own live in older neighborhoods and then there's typically a section for each major nationality all over , depending on just how many of each group there are.

Basically in urban canada the racism is hidden away and considered against the norm. It's still there, just no one really talks about it.

Rural canada on the other hand is a completely different story. The prairie provinces may as well be texas , quebec may as well be france , british columbia is like florida and the marintimes are typically ignored by every one else. The Northern territories basically have no people.

I've noticed a trend , being canadian and living here my entire life though, black people don't typically get the american style racism directed towards them constantly, I've never really witnessed it atleast. In fact, rarely do I hear anyone talk in the following fashion "so I saw this black guy...". Instead it just tends towards "so I saw this guy...".

Perhaps because of how different their culture is, the target I see locally is mostly aimed towards those of Indian descent (as in the continent). So you go back to my mentioning of rural canada being far more racist then urban canada, and that's why, the urban population is a much younger more diverse group of people. Rural canada is mostly whites, 50+ years old that have a real archie bunker attitude towards anything outside the norm.

Rant aside, the story posted in the OP is sickening to hear about in this day and age irregardless of where it happened.
 

SRG01

Member
KnightM7 said:
Edmonton has their own Caribana(since that seems to be the sign that a city isnt racist..)

Obviously not as big as Toronto's but it happens every year.

Wait what? I've lived here for 20+ years and I didn't know this existed...

Pachinko said:
Each of Canada's urban areas seem to be multicultural but in reality they are merely sectioned off by nationality. Whites live in suburbs that surround all the major cities, students live downtown or nearby the major universities and colleges. 20 somethings otherwise living with friends or on their own live in older neighborhoods and then there's typically a section for each major nationality all over , depending on just how many of each group there are.

Basically in urban canada the racism is hidden away and considered against the norm. It's still there, just no one really talks about it.

Rural canada on the other hand is a completely different story. The prairie provinces may as well be texas , quebec may as well be france , british columbia is like florida and the marintimes are typically ignored by every one else. The Northern territories basically have no people.

I've noticed a trend , being canadian and living here my entire life though, black people don't typically get the american style racism directed towards them constantly, I've never really witnessed it atleast. In fact, rarely do I hear anyone talk in the following fashion "so I saw this black guy...". Instead it just tends towards "so I saw this guy...".

Perhaps because of how different their culture is, the target I see locally is mostly aimed towards those of Indian descent (as in the continent). So you go back to my mentioning of rural canada being far more racist then urban canada, and that's why, the urban population is a much younger more diverse group of people. Rural canada is mostly whites, 50+ years old that have a real archie bunker attitude towards anything outside the norm.

Rant aside, the story posted in the OP is sickening to hear about in this day and age irregardless of where it happened.

You shouldn't generalize. Rural Western Canada has a sizeable Asian population from multiple generations of immigrant workers and many are well integrated into rural communities.

And yes, I'm a minority.
 

Firestorm

Member
Pachinko said:
Each of Canada's urban areas seem to be multicultural but in reality they are merely sectioned off by nationality. Whites live in suburbs that surround all the major cities, students live downtown or nearby the major universities and colleges. 20 somethings otherwise living with friends or on their own live in older neighborhoods and then there's typically a section for each major nationality all over , depending on just how many of each group there are.

Basically in urban canada the racism is hidden away and considered against the norm. It's still there, just no one really talks about it.

Rural canada on the other hand is a completely different story. The prairie provinces may as well be texas , quebec may as well be france , british columbia is like florida and the marintimes are typically ignored by every one else. The Northern territories basically have no people.

I've noticed a trend , being canadian and living here my entire life though, black people don't typically get the american style racism directed towards them constantly, I've never really witnessed it atleast. In fact, rarely do I hear anyone talk in the following fashion "so I saw this black guy...". Instead it just tends towards "so I saw this guy...".

Perhaps because of how different their culture is, the target I see locally is mostly aimed towards those of Indian descent (as in the continent). So you go back to my mentioning of rural canada being far more racist then urban canada, and that's why, the urban population is a much younger more diverse group of people. Rural canada is mostly whites, 50+ years old that have a real archie bunker attitude towards anything outside the norm.

Rant aside, the story posted in the OP is sickening to hear about in this day and age irregardless of where it happened.
woah let's not say things we'll regret
 

selig

Banned
DimmuBurgerKing said:
Sometimes I can't believe just how fucked up this world really is.

we just had a topic about people walking past a guy who was lying onthe boardwalk, dying, after he helped a woman. and you really cant believe this one?
 

dudeworld

Member
I went to a high school in Halifax, NS a few years ago. Out of the 1700 or so students, there were like 1 or 2 black people. Nova Scotia and pretty much all of Atlantic Canada has no diversity whatsoever. Everyone is white. It's quite boring. Atlantic canada is extremely boring, actually.
 

charsace

Member
GSG Flash said:
Caribana is in Toronto, the most multicultural city on the planet, there's no chance you would see a Caribana in the maritimes(maybe a small one in Halifax, but even that's a long shot).
This has to be a wrong fact. NYC has over 100 ethnicities.
 
I call it the Obama reaction.

Being a black man in america, you tend to get use to the subtle racist attatude of people you meet. Hell, most of the time you can just ignore the small shit, and just become numb to it when you see it. But ever since we've elected a black man into the oval office, the subtle racist have stop being so subtle.

Obama have given that closet racist a unifying, target to focus their ire. Attitudes and prejudices that are normally hiden or even subconscious have come bubbling to the surface since the election. I've seen people that i would normally conceder intelligent individuals froth with rage at the mention of Obama.

It's been kinda jarring to me to see shit like this and it only seem to be getting worse.
 

vazel

Banned
The Take Out Bandit said:
Based on what?

Heresay?

I've been to Canada. I had a chance to witness it's floppy headed take on racism.
My mom has met people at her work from France who's motivation for moving to USA was the racism they experienced there. But hey America is backwards assed compared to other western nations, right?
 
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