10-24-2010, 08:21 AM
(10-23-2010, 10:47 PM)velvetfog Wrote: In Canada we are very lucky, in that we are one of the few nations that suffers from having too much geography and too few people. Multiculturalism and respect for all the others is much easier to develop in societies where you don't have enough people.The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms legally assures equal rights and freedoms without discrimination based on race (among other criteria). Nevertheless, racism is still present in Canada, and continues to affect the lives of all canadians.[1]
Statistics indicate that recent immigrants of non-European background tend to have lower incomes despite having higher levels of education and skills when compared to the general Canadian population, leading to speculation over systemic racism in Canada's employment system.[2]
In 2006 after the arrest of alleged Muslim terrorists, Canadian journals referred to them as home grown terrorists before the suspects were brought to trial. Toronto's Globe and Mail went further, calling the suspects "brown skinned young men."[3]
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