Did the chinese and Indian communities in Toronto grow side by side with each other?

[silverkris]

Originally Posted by Raja2014

In the SF Bay Area you tend to see Indians cluster in different areas than Chinese, though both try to live in the place with the best schools. Because the Bay Area chinese population is older and larger than the indian population, you tend to see chinese in a wider variety of neighborhoods (both poorer and wealthier). I've also noticed that once a neighrborhood hits a critical mass of Chinese (maybe 20%), it starts looking like a little Chinatown. Indians tend to spread out more evenly in middle class areas, and not cluster. Indians don't seek to live among chinese people, though they're aware that a high presence of Chinese means the schools are good (which is good for property values).

Not really. In Santa Clara County and southern Alameda County, you'll find Indian and Chinese families in the same or similiar communities, at least in the middle to upper middle class neighborhoods.

San Francisco is of course different because of what you mentioned earlier - Chinatown is an older neighborhood and is largely working class Chinese, though the Chinese community has long brached out to other areas such as Sunset and Richmond districts and elsewhere. I don't know where South Asians in particular live in San Francisco proper, though.

[Feral Feeder]

Originally Posted by UrbanLuis

Its interesting how some Torontonians love to brag about how diverse their city is, yet some of the biggest minority groups in that city are not very embracing of diversity. I find East Asians and south Asians both can be extremely racist.

Alot of people like to call out muslims and point out everything they do wrong, yet sikhs and hindus get a pass.

That’s because Muslims in Canada are not a sole religious group that dominate, unlike in Europe. Yes, Islam may be the second largest religion in Canada, but if you add up the percentages for all religions that aren’t Islam (and Christianity, of course), then they will constitute even more followers together than just Muslims. Muslims may be 3% of the population, but religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Judaism also all make up 1% each, and together, they would not be outnumbered by any means. This vast religious diversity (and in similar numbers as a proportion) prevents Islam from being the growing force that it is in Europe, where it makes up to 10% of the population in countries such as France and Germany, while all other religions do not peak over 1% maximum (again, excluding Christianity).

If racists want to criticize Canada, they should look at Hindus and Sikhs as the “growing threat”, if we’re being honest and look at the demographics.