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[Zzoram]

Is this still a problem? I'll read a news story about some incident of vandalism and intimidation every now and then, but overall there just isn't much information out there to find. There are a lot more job opportunities in small towns since nobody wants to go to them. However, on top of the city vs small town divide, I am wondering if being a non-religious visible minority would make it extra hard to fit in.

 

[Bulbo Urethral Baggins]

Would you prefer them to stay behind closed doors? Is that what you're getting at?

 

[Zzoram]

Would you prefer them to stay behind closed doors? Is that what you're getting at?

I'm not sure what this means?

 

[Jokergrin]

I'm Canadian, I've never heard of such a problem.

Any links?

 

[Brinbe]

Honestly, I wouldn't think so, but (since I'm in Toronto) probably better for someone from there to comment.

 

[spiderman123]

I hear about it in Saskatchewan from relatives ( never happen to them though). In Ontario I've never experienced it.

 

[lightless_shado]

It really depends on the town/city. When I was in Williams Lake I didn't feel welcome at all but Quesnel was pretty good.

I live in Prince George and every once in a while I hear a story about how an Arab, Indian or Black person is harassed. I'm actually starting to feel worried for our growing Arab community.

 

[Derwind]

I heard little petty things happening in like Oshawa of all places but nothing really noteworthy. My tutor when I was a kid was a older Guyanese lady(like 40 or something) who was born & raised in Oshawa, Ontario.

And here stories were about like in the 70's & 80's when she lived there...

Don't think its too serious nowadays.

I mean I'd like to think the majority of Canadians wouldn't act like dicks to different people, only if they have reason to I suppose but harassment, discrimination and generally abusing others because of there difference is something I'm sure real Canadian would stand by. :shrug

Then again, I'm from Toronto and currently go to Uni in Ottawa, so I've never been genuinely exposed to any discrimination by anybody I've met. Maybe I'm just lucky...

 

[big_z]

There's always dicks but things like this don't happen that often at least from what I can tell. don't limit yourself to just people of your minority and I doubt you'll have any problems.

 

[Zzoram]

I don't think it's a big problem or anything, but I just wanted to ask around. From what I can tell most of the problems involve First Nations Reserves tension with the small towns near them. I only know a few people from more northern small towns and they seem to outspokenly dislike First Nations people and aren't afraid to speak their minds about it, but the First Nations have a rather different situation from other visible minorities. Also, those individuals may not be representative of their communities.

It seems like the overall communities are fine.

 

[CrushDance]

I hear about it in Saskatchewan from relatives ( never happen to them though). In Ontario I've never experienced it.

Ding. We moved here back in the early nineties, wasn't fun at all. Still dealing with the shit that I went through to this day. Honestly though, even though I still get random spout offs from time to time, it's not as bad anymore. But that's only because it's more hidden now and the "right" thing to do. People never show their true colours infront of you. A friend of mine went to visit his girlfriends family when they started dating(he's white and the girls white) First thing the father says upon him entering is: "Thank God it wasn't a black guy" but the dude is a bit of an asshole to everyone anyway.

Point is. Racism still exists. Obama's election didn't mean the end of it. Homophobia, not os much from what I've seen..and also a lot of sexism from a lot of men these days too, which is kind of weird to say the least. It's always "The wife", "She's a woman", ugh, sickening.

I don't think it's a big problem or anything, but I just wanted to ask around. From what I can tell most of the problems involve First Nations Reserves tension with the small towns near them. I only know a few people from more northern small towns and they seem to outspokenly dislike First Nations people and aren't afraid to speak their minds about it, but the First Nations have a rather different situation from other visible minorities. Also, those individuals may not be representative of their communities.

It seems like the overall communities are fine.

First nations get it as bad as blacks and other minorities, except asians(I've always found that so amusing, especially asian women). All you hear people talk about when someones first nation is their "free money cheques", "alcohol", "violence", these people are sentenced already by just looking at them.

I love Canada. It's the only home I have. But it has its problems too, just as any other country. Truth be told I always though that we were "good" with the whole religion/race thing, even just a couple years ago! That was my mindset. But that's not the case, clearly.

 

[Neki]

Ding. We moved here back in the early nineties, wasn't fun at all. Still dealing with the shit that I went through to this day. Honestly though, even though I still get random spout offs from time to time, it's not as bad anymore. But that's only because it's more hidden now and the "right" thing to do. People never show their true colours infront of you. A friend of mine went to visit his girlfriends family when they started dating(he's white and the girls white) First thing the father says upon him entering is: "Thank God it wasn't a black guy" but the dude is a bit of an asshole to everyone anyway.

Point is. Racism still exists. Obama's election didn't mean the end of it. Homophobia, not os much from what I've seen..and also a lot of sexism from a lot of men these days too, which is kind of weird to say the least. It's always "The wife", "She a woman", ugh, sickening.

I didn't know that Canada elected the Democrats to the office. :O I haven't heard anything particularly bad, so I think it shouldn't be too terrible. But my city isn't particularly small, so I haven't experienced much racism at all.

 

[CrushDance]

I didn't know that Canada elected the Democrats to the office. :O I haven't heard anything particularly bad, so I think it shouldn't be too terrible.

Haha. It feels like the south in this province sometimes T_T I was just referring to the whole "We've come so far", "Equal opportunity" et al, that we all went on about after his election. Sadly that's not how life works though.

Speaking of the south, apparently SK had/still has a rather active white supremacy contingent to this day, and was the original base of the KKK in Canada. Explains a lot.

And this dude, was a freaking professor at my University lol:

Date: Wednesday Dec. 1, 2010 7:19 AM CST
The Federal Court of Canada has reluctantly ruled that a white supremacist who posted hate propaganda on the Internet is not in contempt of the court, but only on a technicality.

The court's written ruling notes that Terry Tremaine, a former University of Saskatchewan math lecturer, has a particular hatred for blacks, First Nations people and Jews.

The Canadian Human Rights Commission has proven that Tremaine deliberately ignored a February 2007 order of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to stop communicating his views on the Internet.

Tremaine argued that the tribunal didn't inform him in a timely manner that it had registered with the court its order for him to cease his Internet activities.

It also found there is a higher rate of racism experienced in Saskatchewan than there is nationally, according to Nelson Chen, research manager of Norsask Consumer Interviewing Services Ltd., who conducted the survey and disseminated the results.

Saskatchewan Anti-Racism Network chairman Bill Anderson said the findings come as no surprise.

"Attitudes haven't changed that much over the years. We are too conservative when it comes to issues of racism. We don't talk about it as openly as we should. I think if we did that as a community and a province we would be better for it,'' Anderson said.

Ignorance is the root cause of racism, he said, noting there is a need for more cultural awareness and sensitivity training that focuses on Canada's aboriginal history and the country's ethnic and cultural diversity.

And lets not forget The Stonechild case, only five years after James Byrd. Never again, right.

I hate my dad for choosing this province sometimes >_>

 

[gutter_trash]

racism is alive and well

stray off from urban centers into the boonies and you will meet it

 

[Entropia]

I grew up in rural southern Ontario. In my town, of 3000 people, there were maybe a handful of visible minority families. One black family was actually quite well off, as the father was a surgeon at the local hospital. The other black family, I didn't know existed until high school. There was also a Chinese family who, as cliche as it was, owned the local chinese restaurant.

In High School, in which there were students bused in from other nearby small, rural farm towns of the 1,200 students or so at the school there were about 5 or 6 visible minorities.

Throughout my 17 years of living there and going to school, I did not witness any overt racism to those families or those students.

 

[siddx]

I have spent a fair portion of of my life living or visiting in a small town (5000 people or so) in northern Maine. Maine is white as hell as it is, but this far north it is so white it's ridiculous. So the minority (a handful of black folk, and a few mexicans who come to work the blueberry fields) stands out like a sore thumb. However for the most part there have been no issues. There are some close minded people up here sure, and a lot of shitty racist humor gets thrown around, but no outward aggression or violence.
There was a rather large influx of vietnamese and chinese folk a few years back too, I have no idea why.
We have a lot of bored kids who act dumb as hell and do incredibly stupid shit, but I don't think I have ever heard any of it turn into something racial.

The only exception was a brief period of time when a group of dumbfuck white supremest kids were staying in town but outside of one altercation with me they stuck to themselves and where gone quickly.


Now the Native population is an entirely different story. There is a large reservation near here and they were treated horribly until only a few years ago. There is still a bit of racism and stupid attitudes but it's been helped hugely by adding native american studies into every elementary school in the state. Within a year of this happening attitudes started changing drastically.


edit:
I had to constantly call people out for using jewish slurs and jokes though (I got jewed and etc...) which got tiring after a while and now I only call out people I don't like and make them apologize to me.

 

[Threi]

in GTA suburbs the visible minorities are whites, no joke.

 

[gutter_trash]

I grew up in rural southern Ontario. In my town, of 3000 people, there were maybe a handful of visible minority families. One black family was actually quite well off, as the father was a surgeon at the local hospital. The other black family, I didn't know existed until high school. There was also a Chinese family who, as cliche as it was, owned the local chinese restaurant.

In High School, in which there were students bused in from other nearby small, rural farm towns of the 1,200 students or so at the school there were about 5 or 6 visible minorities.

Throughout my 17 years of living there and going to school, I did not witness any overt racism to those families or those students.

South Ontraio is still south Ontrario.. most tolerant area in Canada

stray off into boonies of Quebec and you will find a different story

 

[crimzonflame]

Yes its a huge problem. Thats why as a minority I dont venture outside of Toronto or Montreal.

 

[btkadams]

Ding. We moved here back in the early nineties, wasn't fun at all. Still dealing with the shit that I went through to this day. Honestly though, even though I still get random spout offs from time to time, it's not as bad anymore. But that's only because it's more hidden now and the "right" thing to do. People never show their true colours infront of you. A friend of mine went to visit his girlfriends family when they started dating(he's white and the girls white) First thing the father says upon him entering is: "Thank God it wasn't a black guy" but the dude is a bit of an asshole to everyone anyway.

Point is. Racism still exists. Obama's election didn't mean the end of it. Homophobia, not os much from what I've seen..and also a lot of sexism from a lot of men these days too, which is kind of weird to say the least. It's always "The wife", "She's a woman", ugh, sickening.



First nations get it as bad as blacks and other minorities, except asians(I've always found that so amusing, especially asian women). All you hear people talk about when someones first nation is their "free money cheques", "alcohol", "violence", these people are sentenced already by just looking at them.

EDIT: not trying to stir anything up. i just think 2 guys holding hands would cause a far greater ruckus than a black/asian/other minority walking through somewhere or holding hands with a white mate.

I love Canada. It's the only home I have. But it has its problems too, just as any other country. Truth be told I always though that we were "good" with the whole religion/race thing, even just a couple years ago! That was my mindset. But that's not the case, clearly.

you seriously believe there is not much homophobia? i guess i live in a big city but i never see racism and have personally experienced homophobia many times. i'd bet that homophobia is more common than racism (overall in canada). i'm interested if anyone has any links to prove otherwise. i certainly don't know other than on a first-hand basis.

EDIT: im not trying to stir shit up. i just would assume 2 gay men holding hands in a public area gets way more shit than a black/asian/otherminority holding hands with a white mate (or a mate of their own ethnicity of course).

EDIT 2: and i'm also not trying to belittle the struggles of minorities because i know it is still a problem.

 

[MuzzledBasher]

What constitutes unbearable racism for you? I grew up for a while in a homogeneously white city(in England admittedly), and while there was a bit of xenophobic attitude and I was called a Paki once or twice I never really experienced true racism and for the most part didn't felt unwelcome. Even the people who might have had more back warded view on race issues were somewhat friendly if you ignored their racial views, tho I don't advocate necessarily doing so.

Admittedly I'm just making assumptions, but honestly I think if you are not religious you shouldn't have too much trouble in most of Western world.

 

[CrushDance]

you seriously believe there is not much homophobia? i guess i live in a big city but i never see racism and have personally experienced homophobia many times. i'd bet that homophobia is more common than racism (overall in canada). i'm interested if anyone has any links to prove otherwise. i certainly don't know other than on a first-hand basis.

EDIT: im not trying to stir shit up. i just would assume 2 gay men holding hands in a public area gets way more shit than a black/asian/otherminority holding hands with a white mate (or a mate of their own ethnicity of course).

EDIT 2: and i'm also not trying to belittle the struggles of minorities because i know it is still a problem.

"From my perspective" which I will admit as a straight man may be off. You're right though that you'd never see two men or women holding hands. There was this one time though in a grocery store when I went with my mom to do some shopping. These two guys were checking out and held hands when they were leaving, I stared. Others did too, but I was just as bad. But that was ages ago and it just blew my mind seeing men hold hands as a twelve year old. Now that you've brought it up though, it just struck me how poignant your statement is. I really can't recall any other time. Even with my gay friends when they're with their dates, or we go out, they just act like normal friends more than anything.

That's pretty sad in hindsight. :S

 

[revolverjgw]

Not a big problem. There have been some incidents I've heard of, and they always are met with public outrage, and get huge press because they're so rare.

 

[Zzoram]

Ding. We moved here back in the early nineties, wasn't fun at all. Still dealing with the shit that I went through to this day. Honestly though, even though I still get random spout offs from time to time, it's not as bad anymore. But that's only because it's more hidden now and the "right" thing to do. People never show their true colours infront of you. A friend of mine went to visit his girlfriends family when they started dating(he's white and the girls white) First thing the father says upon him entering is: "Thank God it wasn't a black guy" but the dude is a bit of an asshole to everyone anyway.

Point is. Racism still exists. Obama's election didn't mean the end of it. Homophobia, not os much from what I've seen..and also a lot of sexism from a lot of men these days too, which is kind of weird to say the least. It's always "The wife", "She's a woman", ugh, sickening.



First nations get it as bad as blacks and other minorities, except asians(I've always found that so amusing, especially asian women). All you hear people talk about when someones first nation is their "free money cheques", "alcohol", "violence", these people are sentenced already by just looking at them.

I love Canada. It's the only home I have. But it has its problems too, just as any other country. Truth be told I always though that we were "good" with the whole religion/race thing, even just a couple years ago! That was my mindset. But that's not the case, clearly.

Ya, a lot of people have been talking about going out west to find jobs. I've always been worried about that because I was always told that the Prairies are very white and conservative and like the US southern states due to the huge influx of US farmers ~100 years ago when the government was basically giving farm land away.

I know a guy from Timmins who rants about First Nations all the time, complaining about them being freeloaders because they don't pay tax. Of course I would never make the deal to have to live in a crappy 3rd world country style reserve in the crappiest land around just to not pay tax. Canada seems to have a real problem figuring out how to lift the First Nations out of poverty. They live in the middle of nowhere with no industry so they can't get jobs, and no services because educated people don't want to work in the middle of nowhere.

 

[CrushDance]

Ya, a lot of people have been talking about going out west to find jobs. I've always been worried about that because I was always told that the Prairies are very white and conservative and like the US southern states due to the huge influx of US farmers ~100 years ago when the government was basically giving farm land away.

I know a guy from Timmins who rants about First Nations all the time, complaining about them being freeloaders because they don't pay tax. Of course I would never make the deal to have to live in a crappy 3rd world country style reserve in the crappiest land around just to not pay tax. Canada seems to have a real problem figuring out how to lift the First Nations out of poverty. They live in the middle of nowhere with no industry so they can't get jobs, and no services because educated people don't want to work in the middle of nowhere.

I really want to move away and "start over" somewhere while I'm still young because of all those scenarios playing out countless times here. The province has grown prety fast over the last several years, but it's still fairly quiet and "safe" at the same time. Only 2 black people in my highschool lol. And I never saw another one early on till grade 7. It's a great place to raise a family, if you're white or have no other choice. Our generation is pretty welcoming though for the most part.

So what is the "best" place anyway? Everyone says Ontario(And more specifically Toronto), Alberta is SK 2.0, and BC...what is it like in BC? I hear a lot of nonsense about Asians all the time from people who travel there :l

 

[btkadams]

Ya, a lot of people have been talking about going out west to find jobs. I've always been worried about that because I was always told that the Prairies are very white and conservative and like the US southern states due to the huge influx of US farmers ~100 years ago when the government was basically giving farm land away.

I know a guy from Timmins who rants about First Nations all the time, complaining about them being freeloaders because they don't pay tax. Of course I would never make the deal to have to live in a crappy 3rd world country style reserve in the crappiest land around just to not pay tax. Canada seems to have a real problem figuring out how to lift the First Nations out of poverty. They live in the middle of nowhere with no industry so they can't get jobs, and no services because educated people don't want to work in the middle of nowhere.

seriously? i've lived in calgary for the past 16 years (obviously older than that haha) and though conservatives usually get the vote, it doesn't change the fact we have a muslim, visible minority mayor... don't feed into the stereotype of rednecks. big cities are big cities.

dammit im a moron forgot we were talking about small towns. nvm then lol cuz i have no idea.

 

[CrushDance]

seriously? i've lived in calgary for the past 16 years (obviously older than that haha) and though conservatives usually get the vote, it doesn't change the fact we have a muslim, visible minority mayor... don't feed into the stereotype of rednecks. big cities are big cities.

dammit im a moron forgot we were talking about small towns. nvm then lol cuz i have no idea.

You have a Muslim mayor? In Calgary?

 

[BocoDragon]

BC...what is it like in BC? I hear a lot of nonsense about Asians all the time from people who travel there :l

There really are a lot of Asian people here in Vancouver.. I'm not surprised they would mention it... for better or worse.

You have a Muslim mayor? In Calgary?

They do.

 

[btkadams]

You have a Muslim mayor? In Calgary?

yeah people were really stoked about voting. there was a really high amount of young voters, unseen for a long time. i think the vote turnout was 51% or something.

do people in the east really view calgary as rednecks?? genuine curiosity here. i mean, we DO have the largest gay club west of montreal (according to said gay club haha).

 

[Zzoram]

yeah people were really stoked about voting. there was a really high amount of young voters, unseen for a long time. i think the vote turnout was 51% or something.

do people in the east really view calgary as rednecks?? genuine curiosity here. i mean, we DO have the largest gay club west of montreal (according to said gay club haha).

I don't think people think of Calgary as rednecks. Maybe leaning a bit more in that direction than Toronto/BC/Montreal, but it's mostly the smaller towns and rural areas in the Prairies that have that reputation. Calgary is a gigantic city after all, and big cities with diverse populations tend to not have as many issues with discrimination or social isolation due to being "other".

 

[CrushDance]

You learn something new everyday. I'm truly surprised by that, I had no idea. Good stuff. And yeah, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba are usually lumped together.

Calgary and Rednecks. Reason why I find it surprising that you have a Muslim mayor is because of this Global News story that I watched when it originally aired. Pissed me off bad at the time.

I've faced the same thing here in SK clubs so *Shrug*

 

[Zzoram]

You learn something new everyday. I'm truly surprised by that, I had no idea. Good stuff. And yeah, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba are usually lumped together.

Calgary and Rednecks. Reason why I find it surprising that you have a Muslim mayor is because of this Global News story that I watched when it originally aired. Pissed me off bad at the time.

I've faced the same thing here in SK clubs so *Shrug*

Yeah. That's what I thought the Prairies would be like, maybe not so much Calgary though, so that video is pretty shocking. Discrimination in the modern age is more subtle to try to avoid legal trouble, but you can get the obvious hint when you're not welcome. Nobody else either notices or cares because they figure it's not affecting them and they're not a part of it, but when everyone just treats it as acceptable behaviour, that's why nothing changes.

 

[MWS Natural]

Don't think I've ever heard the term "visible minority" is there some distinction here from just saying minorities?

 

[Zzoram]

Don't think I've ever heard the term "visible minority" is there some distinction here from just saying minorities?

I think the idea is some minorities are more obvious than others. Many jews look very much like typical white people even if they are an ethnic minority.

Visible minority is a term used in Canada.

 

[CrushDance]

Yeah. That's what I thought the Prairies would be like, maybe not so much Calgary though, so that video is pretty shocking. Discrimination in the modern age is more subtle to try to avoid legal trouble, but you can get the obvious hint when you're not welcome. Nobody else either notices or cares because they figure it's not affecting them and they're not a part of it, but when everyone just treats it as acceptable behaviour, that's why nothing changes.

It seems to me that it's more about closet racism in Canada more than anything. We have this national image of peace and outreach, which *is* true. But the whole race discussion has been mute in this country for so long. Nobody ever TALKS about it. Same thing with homosexuality, although it's widely accepted, we still had the conservatives saying they'd like to "Take a look" into the same sex issue several years ago. Thankfully there were bigger issues and it never amounted to much if I recall correctly. It's ridiculous though how we never talk about these problems. Just sweeping it under the rug and pretending that we're pretty good on the issues. Absolutely ridiculous.

 

[Warm Machine]

I lived in the Praries for 13 years. My wife is from there and we go back often enough to pick up the vibe. Truth is most of the people are "insensitive" and somewhat racist.

My home town was in Manitoba and we had a handful of East Indians, a few black families, chinese, etc. To my knowledge nothing ever happened. Lucky for most of those people they were in prime positions within the town. Doctors mostly and no one fucks with the doctors when there are maybe a dozen and eveyone knows everyone else.

I remember all kinds of dumb ass Ukrainian "jokes" when I was growing up and to this day, being married to a Ukranian myself I couldn't tell you who is one and who isn't.

Yeah, the natives are constantly getting slammed for all kinds of shit. Some of it is real some of it is false. The older generation makes up all kinds of stories about natives they run into. Growing up around it though most of those kids may as well have not had parents and the mindset they are brought up with is infuriating. Still, there is good that comes out of it but no one likes to see that part of it.

Honestly, if I was in charge of Canadian Immigration I'd welcome people from near anywhere but would subsidize them and encourage them to move to the praries to start a life there. Reason being, the small towns are dying off because the young are leaving them for the cities and the older population are simply dying. These towns need people to continue them and the farming industry and infrastructure needs helping hands. Vancouver and Toronto hardly need more people.

 

[btkadams]

Don't think I've ever heard the term "visible minority" is there some distinction here from just saying minorities?

i'm a minority (gay) but i'm not a visible minority. a visible minority is a person who is visibly not one of the majority race in a given population.

 

[MrToughPants]

All you hear people talk about when someones first nation is their "free money cheques", "alcohol", "violence", these people are sentenced already by just looking at them.

In Thompson Manitoba the stereotype is a reality.

 

[Zzoram]

i'm a minority (gay) but i'm not a visible minority. a visible minority is a person who is visibly not one of the majority race in a given population.

Actually ya that's probably why the term is used. Sexuality isn't a skin colour.

 

[Zzoram]

In Thompson Manitoba the stereotype is a reality.

Well they may be suffering from these problems but not because they're inherently bad. They live in shitty reserves with no economy, minimal services, on shitty land with nothing to do all day. They're bound to get into trouble coming from that kind of environment.

I think the concept of reserves should probably end. It's clearly not working out, they're basically ghettos of hopelessness. Being able to go to school with everyone else, have the services that everyone else has, would go a long way towards integration. I guess the issue is some band leaders want to maintain their culture and fear integration. I don't know how to solve that, but more integration is probably worth trying.

 

[bishoptl]

I grew up in a pretty small place in BC. One of two black families within a hundred mile radius.

First time I heard the word "nigger" was in grade 2. Some older kid hissed it at me when I was walking back from the bathroom in the hallway. I had to ask my mom what it meant when I got home...she cried. Then she got mad and called the principal.

I got in more fights in elementary school than you've had hot dinners...but after ninth grade I started filling out and making more friends outside of my regular social group. Not too many black kids who played rugby AND shitloads of D&D. I was able to move around and get along with pretty much everybody.

Still out there, though. My in-laws are from the prairies and I visit them at least once a year. The native population has it bad in both treatment and perception out there, worse than any other group imo.

 

[big_z]

Well they may be suffering from these problems but not because they're inherently bad. They live in shitty reserves with no economy, minimal services, on shitty land with nothing to do all day. They're bound to get into trouble coming from that kind of environment.

if they wanted better lives there's nothing stopping them from leaving the reserve and living however they want.

reserves are awful and if that's where you're thinking of moving i would think it over. crime is high, theres lots of drug and alcohol abuse. i went to visit a friend for a week who was living in one. she's a teachers aid for handicapped kids and there are many due to the lifestyle the people choose to live. also i have never seen so many hitchhikers and people bumming on the sides of the streets in my life. it's both sad and pathetic.

Honestly, if I was in charge of Canadian Immigration I'd welcome people from near anywhere but would subsidize them and encourage them to move to the praries to start a life there. Reason being, the small towns are dying off because the young are leaving them for the cities and the older population are simply dying. These towns need people to continue them and the farming industry and infrastructure needs helping hands. Vancouver and Toronto hardly need more people.

im in alberta and the small town population is going up here. 10 years ago it was the token black guy type thing at best in smaller towns but now there's tons of people from various races. a lot of people came for the jobs a few years ago during the boom. if there's work they will come.

 

[Chrono]

It really depends on the town/city. When I was in Williams Lake I didn't feel welcome at all but Quesnel was pretty good.

I live in Prince George and every once in a while I hear a story about how an Arab, Indian or Black person is harassed. I'm actually starting to feel worried for our growing Arab community.

Wow I thought these things only happened in racist america and canada is so much better.

 

[Azih]

Wow I thought these things only happened in racist america and canada is so much better.

Canada is better, it ain't perfect though especially when it comes to the native population.

 

[Kinitari]

Wow I thought these things only happened in racist america and canada is so much better.

Better != perfect. And it's probably only better because we don't really allow hate speech laws around here, and politicians who spout racism get nowhere.

 

[Hey You]

Where I live in Duncan,BC and there is a First Nation reserve here. Of course they live up to what people paint them as. Drunk and High, lots of crime, even a murder a month or two back of a teenage girl.

They live up to their stereotype.

 

[gutter_trash]

Better != perfect. And it's probably only better because we don't really allow hate speech laws around here, and politicians who spout racism get nowhere.

wait until Harper wins a majority and suspends funding for public broadcasting and abolishes th CRTC which has regulations against news shows reporting ''fake news''

Pierre-Karl Peladeau is going to bring the hate tv (SUN TV) all over Canada and is waiting for Harper to win a majority to flex it

 

[erpg]

Other than the idiotic french/italian rivalry in West-End Montreal, I've never really experienced any form of racism. Living in Ottawa right now, still nothing, but I'm not big on the nightclub scene (and there isn't much of one here anyway).

 

[Dead Man]

I was expecting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Mosque_on_the_Prairie but an interesting, if sad thread none the less.

 

[Hcow]

Are we talking about something like this? http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/615400

I'm of Chinese descent, grew up in a small town in central Ontario. I never experienced any extreme racism, but got a bit of name calling, especially from some of the older kids in school. My dad had a tire on his car slashed while he was fishing recently, though. That's fucked.