It's like each person develops their own unique identity that best allows them to navigate this crazy world of ours, and you have to recognise them on an individual basis, rather than just lumping them into whatever category you feel is closest
Vancouver racist towards asians.
- Thread starter blueberrymuffin
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I had a Canadian born coworker get mad at me cause I asked him something about China.
"My parents were born in Hong Kong, we are not Chinese"
Yet the same guy couldn't guess which European country my ancestors came from. Europe is just one glob of white people.
But mix up China and HK, you are racist.
if people in Hong Kong are not Chinese, what are they?is what you should ask this guy.
having said that I know ppl who were born here that don't like being asked "what are you?" when they are 100% hockey,tim Horton
lovers of maple syrup&Stompin Tom,i.e. Canadian.
perhaps a more diplomatic question might be "what is your ethnicity?"
Well perhaps he referred to nationality as opposed to ethnicity?
Hong Kong has/had a lot of people that fled the communists and are still bitter about it so they may not want to associate themselves with mainland China.
A lot of CBCs are like that and what your coworker should have said was "I was born here so I don't know much about China".
I lived in Hong Kong for a while, well before the 1997 takeover.
HK was a British colony until July 1,1997, but I very much doubt that,other than ex-pats,anyone would/ve thought of themselves
as British.
Rather, the 97% of the population considered themselves to be Chinese in all likelihood.
Taiwanese
Original locals are Fukienese, mainlanders came over with Chang Kai Shek after WWII and are the majority today.
Main language/dialect is Mandarin but still some Fukien spoken.
Original locals are Fukienese, mainlanders came over with Chang Kai Shek after WWII and are the majority today.
Main language/dialect is Mandarin but still some Fukien spoken.
Vancouver has to be the most diverse place I've ever seen. Racism, yeah sure but if you want to see serious racism go to Budapest and look for the jobbik supporters wearing armbands and legions of nazi football hooligans all over the place. In Vancouver you'll probably hear croatian, portugese, punjabi, mandarin, cantonese, vietnamese and farsi within 30 seconds of people walking past your sidewalk cafe table. Now you also hear a lot of arabic since Saudi government is paying for all their students to go overseas and get degrees, and US is too dangerous for anybody with a tan and a beard so a lot are coming here. The #1 thing they've been saying is how diverse it is here.
I just saw a Saudi Joey Ramone look a like walking out of a well known weed pickup place downtown earlier and he lit up a gigantic joint with his Brazillian and Korean ESl friends. Yeah there's idiots here, but if you've been anywhere you'll realize this has to be the least racist place on earth just walk around. Even our gangsters are inter-ethnic.
I just saw a Saudi Joey Ramone look a like walking out of a well known weed pickup place downtown earlier and he lit up a gigantic joint with his Brazillian and Korean ESl friends. Yeah there's idiots here, but if you've been anywhere you'll realize this has to be the least racist place on earth just walk around. Even our gangsters are inter-ethnic.
http://therightscoop.com/video-this-is-awesome-my-name-is-paul-weston-and-i-am-a-racist/
yes , I too am a racist ...
yes , I too am a racist ...
I am used to diversity I went to a high school where I was the minority so I know what it is like on both sides.
Canada is a beautiful country in so many ways. I am happy people are allowed to be themselves and expressly themselves freely in Canada. It must difficult for some of them to return back to their countries that are under Islamic laws.
