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Anon visits Canada (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 months ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Woovie@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (4 children)

racism exists everywhere, don’t blame the US for what already was there

[–] pancakes@sh.itjust.works 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm Canadian and can confirm Canada has always been racist gestures broadly at indigenous affairs and history of violence and assimilation.

That being said Canadians are very nice and it's only a smaller minority that is racist/ awful.

[–] psivchaz@reddthat.com 3 points 3 months ago

This is true of America, too. I think most people you are likely to meet in America sit between the "not at all racist" and "I mean yeah but it's pretty low key and subconscious" end of the racism spectrum, it's just that our more virulent racists are so often cops and presidential candidates.

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Our southern racist neighbor embolden the local racists and make them feel more comfortable doing their racist recruitment in public where it's more effective.

Canada is always just an election cycle or two behind the popular American culture.

[–] bestagon@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Indigenous women have been disappearing to the concern of absolutely nobody in the country for decades. If anything, the rise in fascist ideology in the US has made people more aware and critical of the racism that already existed in Canadian society

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

That's true, it has emboldened both the bigots and progressives, but I feel like the bigots have turned that boldness into action and change.

[–] xenoclast@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I mean.. sure.. but you can't say they're not making it worse and feeding into it for profit

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

don’t blame the US for what already was there

Flips on American television

Black people are committing crimes! Latinos are doing drugs! Arabs are terrorists! Chinese people are cheating on tests and stealing your jobs! Everyone in India is trying to scam you!!!

Now back to our regularly scheduled movie about a cool White Nationalist who fights back by shooting everyone with a big gun!

Damn, crazy how this was all here before Americans arrived.

[–] Woovie@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Damn, crazy how that's the only form of racism. Don't be fucking stupid.