Why aren't immigrants welcome in Alberta, Canada?

Venerable residents of Alberta,

I have come to realise, after careful observations and analysis, that most local people in Western Canada seem to oppose, if not, disvalue immigration. This, in my humble perspective, is rather poignant and unfortunate. However, what is even more tragic is the fact the prevalance of reported cases of racism and discrimination seem to be quite high in those areas. Now, you may not be content with immigration, but resorting to incivility by promoting racism is unacceptable.

Presumably, there are descent and liberal-minded people in Alberta, etc., but the great majortiy, based upon the general outlook in Toronto, is, in various ways, either involved in or do condone acts of discrimination. For instance, a few years ago as I was driving on my way from Toronro to Vancouver, I stopped at numerous coffee shops to sip some tea and, being the only "brown" person in the coffee shop, I immediately drew the attention of the entire crowd all of whom were of European descent. That time I spent in Alberta was, by far, the most profound and shocking time of my life. Only then did I realise that those glamorous and rosy images of Canada that we were so elated to see were not a reality in certain parts of the country.

The fact is that you are trying to protect people who would judge a man by the colour of his skin. That makes me want to puke.

Manitoba likes to reserve their racism for the natives, No1. That is especially prevalent in the Winnipeg Police force

They judged whether they could work in two provinces due to the actions of a significant reaction they received there. You want to know why us white guys backed them up, even though it meant that there would be significantly more work and travel time for us? Because we'd all been standing there when some redneck said something like, "The last guy was a darkie from Toronto and I don't think he knew what he was doing."

You know what? That "darkie" from Toronto was one of the people who trained me. I never heard any complaints about the white guys from Toronto though. Or the white guys from Vancouver. I did hear about "that chink". Of course he's Korean, not Chinese, and helped to design some of the equipment. He also woke up at 4:00 in the morning to meet a 6:00 flight with a part on it, then drove back out to this little town so the racist bastard who owned the place could make a living.

Try to twist things all you want, C. I'm just really glad that I'm white because I sure as hell would have done more than refused to serve these bastards.

Manitoba likes to reserve their racism for the natives, No1.

Keep spinning, B. Whatever way you want to twist things, you're judging a whole province based on the actions of a few.

That's racism.

You must be getting dizzy.

You know, you have a point, not every single person in Alberta is racist or acts in a discrimintaroy fashion towards those from other countries or provinces.

Venerable residents of Alberta,

I have come to realise, after careful observations and analysis, that most local people in Western Canada seem to oppose, if not, disvalue immigration. This, in my humble perspective, is rather poignant and unfortunate. However, what is even more tragic is the fact the prevalance of reported cases of racism and discrimination seem to be quite high in those areas. Now, you may not be content with immigration, but resorting to incivility by promoting racism is unacceptable.

Presumably, there are descent and liberal-minded people in Alberta, etc., but the great majortiy, based upon the general outlook in Toronto, is, in various ways, either involved in or do condone acts of discrimination. For instance, a few years ago as I was driving on my way from Toronro to Vancouver, I stopped at numerous coffee shops to sip some tea and, being the only "brown" person in the coffee shop, I immediately drew the attention of the entire crowd all of whom were of European descent. That time I spent in Alberta was, by far, the most profound and shocking time of my life. Only then did I realise that those glamorous and rosy images of Canada that we were so elated to see were not a reality in certain parts of the country.

Quote:

You know, you have a point, not every single person in Alberta is racist or acts in a discrimintaroy fashion towards those from other countries or provinces.

I never said every single person. I never said it was restricted to just those two provinces either. Prejudice and bigotry are more prevalent in Alberta and Saskatchewan, especially in the rural areas. Denying it instead of confronting it just allows the attitudes to spread.

Rev have you ever experianced what I was talking about in my last post in this thread?I was talking about lake Winnipeg

You know, I've been to India a few times and let me tell you, when a European person enters a store, everyone looks at them. Does that mean Indians are racists? Racism is not a "white" issue. It goes both ways.

Hence, I will not be able to account for why those people gazed at you.

But believe me, racism has its roots in Europe. Of course, by that I do not mean to say that people of European descent are racists. Europe has apparently learnt from its mistakes.
Nevertheless, history has shown that many of the documented cases of racism involved Europeans. In fact, the idea of race-based nation-states was introduced by the Europeans.
Who do you think enslaved the millions in Africa? Why do you think the hundreds and thounsds of Jews in Spain escaped persecution by seeking refuge in the Ottoman Empire? Who, in your knowledge, mass-murdered millions of Jews during the second world war? Who invaded North Africa and slaughtered millions of local people? Which anthropologists measured people's physical attributes and classified them as "white" and "non-white"? Who introduced racism to South Africa? It was the Europeans.

ooooooooo. I'd have to get the name of the union my buddy worked in when he was working at the camp. He's usually quite outspoken and speaks out if he sees things that aren't right. In the end, that only got him jacked around and fired, especially after he complained about racism. He may be white but the Lebaneese running many top levels of the things weren't very accomodating to non lebs. If I get hold of him at some point I'll get the name.

Sounds like your "visible minorities" are a tad racist themselves.

I'm not making excuses so much as you're turning a blind eye to a different form of racism.

Unless I read the post incorrectly, there was no indication that the visible minorities (VM's) Rev B was referring to made any racial remarks towards the people living in the area they refused to go into. Furthermore, there was no indication that the VM's touted themselves as being superior nor were they attempting to treat those people differently when they *were* there.