I am amazed at the support for China from people of Chinese ethnicity here.....like, if China is so damn wonderful, why are you here?
Hi, Colpy;
I think I can understand it a little bit.... they are emotionally still connected to their family roots, which remain in China.
Pisses me off, actually. I become increasingly right-wing over immigration.........and I wish that were not so......but I doubt the immigrant's possess the (IMHO) prerequisite respect for democracy and the most basic of human rights, be they Chinese, or Islamic, etc.
That is a harsh judgment, Colpy! If you were born here, and your parents perhaps, too, then it is difficult for you to feel as an immigrant feels. The immigrants have to pull all their roots, all their conditioning from their original country and accept the new location as well as the society they want to integrate into. That is a huge transformation on all levels of their being. If you, the old, deeply settled Canadian, feels resentment, impatience and even hostility towards them, you actually stunt them in their transformation to become a harmonious member of Canadian society. They feel you don't want to share, you reject them, you hate them. Picture yourself in China or Germany encountering that kind of "welcome" from your new neighbors around you!!
When I came over here in 1958, I felt strange at first, everything, including the language, was different, but I never felt unwelcome, rejected, harassed or hated. People were friendly and accommodating. They put up with my broken English and smiled. They were understanding and forgiving and offered help.
Do we, after 50 years, still have that wonderful attitude towards immigrants? No, I don't think so. I hear too often complaints and jealous remarks. Of course it is harder for visible immigrants to integrate themselves, because they don't just look different, they also had different cultural upbringings.
We do need much understanding, and we must extend our hand and open our hearts to them. We will reap their gratitude and their eagerness to become good citizens.(Like me! I'm such a good citizen ;-) - I toot nothing but praise for Canada!!) I feel truly thankful towards this wonderful country for having taken me onto its bosom! (hand me a Kleenex...)
I fear for our nation of immigrants.
Colpy, be kind and let live. You, too must have come from somewhere else down your ancestral line, unless you are a Native.