by keyser soze 61 Replies latest social current
Is choosing a 'white' country over a non-white one an example of racism?
Yeah! It can't possibly be because Canada speaks English, has a culture often indistinguishable from the US, has the same standard of living, a very low crime rate, and has a strong economy. It absolutely has to be about racism instead.
What is an example of racism ... the Republican candidate for president who's claimed Mexican immigrants are rapists, a judge who's of Mexican descent can't judge fairly because of it, Black people are lazy / criminal and so on. His whole campaign is basically a giant dog-whistle to the white-right to turn back the clock to the "great" times ... great in what way? When non-white's knew their place?
As the Republican leader of the house described him: a textbook example of racism.
@Simon you make good points.
I was simply explaining nonjwspouse's question to VI because VI said he didn't understand it.
So, likely not a case of racism. But I thought it was a decent question that was worth asking.
@Fencing - calm down, dear. People are allowed to ask questions.
When white American celebrities talk about moving to Canada if Trump wins, it doesn't do much for their ant-racist credentials. Racist? No. Hypocritical? Maybe.
Simon - "...There are lots of reasons we wanted to move to Canada ahead of Mexico and 'has more white people / fewer brown people' wasn't on the list. Why assume it's on the list for anyone else?"
Not to mention that, due to so many people of First Nations, Indo-Asian, African, and Latino descent living in Canada, the idea that we have "more white people / fewer brown people" just ain't so (or, as I like to put it, "a steaming pile of corn-riddled shit).
His whole campaign is basically a giant dog-whistle to the white-right to turn back the clock to the "great" times .....Simon
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due to so many people of First Nations, Indo-Asian, African, and Latino descent living in Canada, the idea that we have "more white people / fewer brown people" just ain't so - Canada is a white-majority country run mostly by white politicians using a system of government set up by ... white people.
Let's not pretend otherwise.
I don't live in the USA, Mephis.
Yes, Canada is a nice, liberal, democratic, progressive country. I also stated the fact that it's white-majority, ruled by mostly white politicians using a political setup introduced by white people. It doesn't matter how I or anyone else feels about it, those are the facts.
That's all I said.
