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What are Canadians views of non-white immigrants that are becoming a large part of the population? Are they more for that non-white immigration are do not care.
What are Canadians views of non-white immigrants that are becoming a large part of the population? Are they more for that non-white immigration are do not care.
Did you mean to ask are Canadians for or against, or do not care?
They could be purple with yellow and green polka dots for all I care.
I don't understand why so many people are hung about the colour of people. After all, it's not like we're going to be wearing them, so what's the big deal?
I don't care about immigrants colour or race, I only care about what positive qualities they will be contributing to benefit Canada.
What are Canadians views of non-white immigrants that are becoming a large part of the population? Are they more for that non-white immigration are do not care.
Could you possibly be any more confusing and evasive?
Why not state the reason you ask the very poorly phrased question, so that we can discern what it is you're actually seeking as an answer?
What are Canadians views of non-white immigrants that are becoming a large part of the population? Are they more for that non-white immigration are do not care.
Very broad question Seattle, from all the people i talk to here in Canada the topic never comes up so IMO its not a major issue to most Canadians,
I don't care about anyone's race but I certainly find some of the cultural attitudes they come with objectionable.
An important point of note. Mooguy's statement is quite telling of how Canadians frame the issue. The OPs question refers to race, a concept that Americans are very conscious of in a way that doesn't always translate over to Canada. I've seen it many times on this board when Americans and Canadians talk about the diversity of their cities and seem to be talking past one another, since the word seems to imply very different things in the two countries. When Americans say a place is diverse, they are referring to race, expressing that there are non-white people there. When Canadians say diverse they are referring to culture, expressing that many different cultures exist there. Americans seem to conflate race and culture due to the history of racism in the country causing Americans of different races to develop into distinct cultures. It's not really the main way Canadians conceive of the idea, however. Racism has played a role in Canada's past and exists in its present, to be absolutely sure, but race has taken a backseat to conflicts about culture, language, and religion.
As such, while immigration isn't uncontroversial in all sectors of society, most critics who object to immigrants for non-economic reasons view them as an "other" in terms of their cultures, not their races. Not everyone, of course, I do not deny that some racists exist in Canada, but on the whole, I maintain that race takes a backseat to culture here.
An important point of note. Mooguy's statement is quite telling of how Canadians frame the issue. The OPs question refers to race, a concept that Americans are very conscious of in a way that doesn't always translate over to Canada. I've seen it many times on this board when Americans and Canadians talk about the diversity of their cities and seem to be talking past one another, since the word seems to imply very different things in the two countries. When Americans say a place is diverse, they are referring to race, expressing that there are non-white people there. When Canadians say diverse they are referring to culture, expressing that many different cultures exist there. Americans seem to conflate race and culture due to the history of racism in the country causing Americans of different races to develop into distinct cultures. It's not really the main way Canadians conceive of the idea, however. Racism has played a role in Canada's past and exists in its present, to be absolutely sure, but race has taken a backseat to conflicts about culture, language, and religion.
As such, while immigration isn't uncontroversial in all sectors of society, most critics who object to immigrants for non-economic reasons view them as an "other" in terms of their cultures, not their races. Not everyone, of course, I do not deny that some racists exist in Canada, but on the whole, I maintain that race takes a backseat to culture here.
Overall yes. In simple terms it appears that to Americans that if a community in the US contained only 3rd generation Americans but had a third blacks, that that is considered more diverse than an all white community in Canada that was full of new immigrants from 6 different countries.
Overall yes. In simple terms it appears that to Americans that if a community in the US contained only 3rd generation Americans but had a third blacks, that that is considered more diverse than an all white community in Canada that was full of new immigrants from 6 different countries.
Nicely, concisely and accurately phrased. No one should take umbrage at your analysis.
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