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"Basilic" <basilic@basilic.pot> wrote in message
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>
>
> > Actually, we are not all Canadians. There are Canadians and there
are
> French
> > Canadians. The French Canadians are a warm hearted wonderful group.
But
> they are
> > a group, and what my seventy odd years of working beside and with
them has
> shown
> > me, is that their history has taught them to look after their
brothers,
> sisters,
> > cousins, community, region and province to the exclusion of all
else. In a
> word
> > they exhibit a siege mentality. They are for anything French
Canadian and
> > against anything not French Canadian. It's a wonderful trait but it
is the
> basis
> > of systemic racism.
>
> Walt,
>
> Systemic racism is everywhere. Within all kinds of communities (you
call
> them groups) there is favouritism. Look at other
> communities/cultures/groups, for example Jews stick with Jews, whether
they
> speak French English Russian Chinese, they will hire thier own kind.
Same
> could be said during the European influx to Canada after WW2, the
Italians,
> Germans, Irish, etc. stuck together and hired each other just on the
basis
> of where they came from and what language they spoke. Today it is
other
> cultures like, Chinese, Arab, Mexican which are the highest immigrants
and
> if any of them get into a position of hiring power, well chances are
that
> they will choose thier own. It's cultures who stick together, like
families,
> who else is going to look out for you in this day and age?
>
> It also happens outside of any, as you call it systemic rasism. If a
friend
> of mine is in a hiring position, don't you think that I will have a
better
> chance of getting hired over you?
>
> Speaking multiple languages is an asset in todays world, although
French is
> not going to be the worlds second language, it's a good base for other
> languages such as Latin, Italian, Portugese and especially Spanish. So
why
> don't we make Canada truly bilingual and then the whole country will
be 1
> big happy group and then we could get on with more important business
such
> as getting the economy out of the crapper. Plus, we could create our
own
> little language called Franglais.
>
> Basilic

I think it's important to understand that this is a major
cultural-political difference between Canadians and Americans.  The U.S.
has the concept / principle of a "melting pot", where there's an
assumption that eventually, you will have a hybridized / mongrelized
(this is NOT an insult) where ultimately there is a homogenous society.
On the other hand, from it's earliest days, Canada has avoided this
principle.  We have cultural enclaves all over the country, and expect
the cultures to provide a synergistic boost to our nation (originally
called bi-culturalism, and in recent decades multi-culturalism).  As
Canadians we are not for homogenization of cultures.