Racism Is Alive In Canada...Fans hurl racist insults at Quebec minor league hockey player...

Meltdown99

Fans hurl racist insults at Quebec minor league hockey player, harass family

https://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/fans-hurl-racist-insults-at-quebec-minor-league-hockey-player-harass-family-1.4314032?cid=sm:trueanthem:ctvnews:post&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=5c7619611adf640001b90576&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR2Xh5NK1Bi8iFFZNd7GgjDZujrPvKcmdbDvAVoQebVoRteqmYnKlRBCCtw

Disgusting...

my2hands

Are you telling me the whitest county in the western hemisphere has racists? No way?

I thought only stupid Americans were racist? 

JimmyV

Racism is alive most everywhere, unfortunately.

my2hands

JimmyV said:

Racism is alive everywhere, unfortunately.

Fixed 

Meltdown99

https://twitter.com/CTVNews/status/1100796517764550656

HughFreakingDillon

my2hands said:

Are you telling me the whitest county in the western hemisphere has racists? No way?

I thought only stupid Americans were racist? 

stupid canadians too! (but they all live in saskatchewan!). 

Meltdown99

Quebec leads the country in stupidity and corruptness. 

OnWis97

Terrific people on both sides.

PJ_Soul

It sure doesn't feel like "the whitest country" where I live. White people are actually the minority compared to so-called visible minorities in metro Vancouver. The term "visible minority" has truly become meaningless in this region.

In any case, how dumb to joke about any place being free of racism in response to a case of abhorrent racism hurled at a guy playing a sport.

oftenreading

PJ_Soul said:

It sure doesn't feel like "the whitest country" where I live. White people are actually the minority compared to so-called visible minorities in metro Vancouver. The term "visible minority" has truly become meaningless in this region.

In any case, how dumb to joke about any place being free of racism in response to a case of abhorrent racism hurled at a guy playing a sport.

The “whitest” comment seems to stem from the fact that Canada has comparatively fewer people of African-Canadian/American descent than the US, as if that was the only “non white” group. 

HughFreakingDillon

oftenreading said:

PJ_Soul said:

It sure doesn't feel like "the whitest country" where I live. White people are actually the minority compared to so-called visible minorities in metro Vancouver. The term "visible minority" has truly become meaningless in this region.

In any case, how dumb to joke about any place being free of racism in response to a case of abhorrent racism hurled at a guy playing a sport.

The “whitest” comment seems to stem from the fact that Canada has comparatively fewer people of African-Canadian/American descent then the US, as if that was the only “non white” group. 

haha. it's not like we're sweden FFS. LOL

dignin

oftenreading said:

PJ_Soul said:

It sure doesn't feel like "the whitest country" where I live. White people are actually the minority compared to so-called visible minorities in metro Vancouver. The term "visible minority" has truly become meaningless in this region.

In any case, how dumb to joke about any place being free of racism in response to a case of abhorrent racism hurled at a guy playing a sport.

The “whitest” comment seems to stem from the fact that Canada has comparatively fewer people of African-Canadian/American descent then the US, as if that was the only “non white” group. 

That might have something to do with the slave trade, but what do I know.

HughFreakingDillon

dignin said:

oftenreading said:

PJ_Soul said:

It sure doesn't feel like "the whitest country" where I live. White people are actually the minority compared to so-called visible minorities in metro Vancouver. The term "visible minority" has truly become meaningless in this region.

In any case, how dumb to joke about any place being free of racism in response to a case of abhorrent racism hurled at a guy playing a sport.

The “whitest” comment seems to stem from the fact that Canada has comparatively fewer people of African-Canadian/American descent then the US, as if that was the only “non white” group. 

That might have something to do with the slave trade, but what do I know.

canada is right up there with aboriginal genocide though! 

Meltdown99

HughFreakingDillon said:

dignin said:

oftenreading said:

PJ_Soul said:

It sure doesn't feel like "the whitest country" where I live. White people are actually the minority compared to so-called visible minorities in metro Vancouver. The term "visible minority" has truly become meaningless in this region.

In any case, how dumb to joke about any place being free of racism in response to a case of abhorrent racism hurled at a guy playing a sport.

The “whitest” comment seems to stem from the fact that Canada has comparatively fewer people of African-Canadian/American descent then the US, as if that was the only “non white” group. 

That might have something to do with the slave trade, but what do I know.

canada is right up there with aboriginal genocide though! 

Canada has plenty of racist.  In our case, as you pointed out, many of that is directed at our first nations people...

HughFreakingDillon

I live in the "most racist city in canada", so believe me, I get it. 

Meltdown99

HughFreakingDillon said:

I live in the "most racist city in canada", so believe me, I get it. 

I grew in a racist small town, 20 minutes from a first nations reserve. People were not shy about their views.  That was 30 years ago, hopefully, things have changed.  

And I bartended in a bar that banned 1st nations people at times.  

HughFreakingDillon

Meltdown99 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

I live in the "most racist city in canada", so believe me, I get it. 

I grew in a racist small town, 20 minutes from a first nations reserve. People were not shy about their views.  That was 30 years ago, hopefully, things have changed.  

And I bartended in a bar that banned 1st nations people at times.  

like, all of them? or just certain people/groups that happened to be FN?

PJ_Soul

HughFreakingDillon said:

I live in the "most racist city in canada", so believe me, I get it. 

You live in Thunder Bay?

dignin

HughFreakingDillon said:

dignin said:

oftenreading said:

PJ_Soul said:

It sure doesn't feel like "the whitest country" where I live. White people are actually the minority compared to so-called visible minorities in metro Vancouver. The term "visible minority" has truly become meaningless in this region.

In any case, how dumb to joke about any place being free of racism in response to a case of abhorrent racism hurled at a guy playing a sport.

The “whitest” comment seems to stem from the fact that Canada has comparatively fewer people of African-Canadian/American descent then the US, as if that was the only “non white” group. 

That might have something to do with the slave trade, but what do I know.

canada is right up there with aboriginal genocide though! 

We sure are.

Meltdown99

HughFreakingDillon said:

Meltdown99 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

I live in the "most racist city in canada", so believe me, I get it. 

I grew in a racist small town, 20 minutes from a first nations reserve. People were not shy about their views.  That was 30 years ago, hopefully, things have changed.  

And I bartended in a bar that banned 1st nations people at times.  

like, all of them? or just certain people/groups that happened to be FN?

All.  These were not permanent bans. They resulted from large fights breaking out.  Was it right, I cannot answer that.  I never witnessed any problems, but the bar I worked at, the owner was an outstanding guy.  As he said, repairs are costly, and when you get many people involved in fights damage will occur.  He also had to protect his liquor licence, the police warned him that excessive calls for fight/brawls could result in a liquor licence suspension...so they also needed to protect their livelihood.

The reserve tried to get a liquor licence to sell alcohol at their arena and was turned down.

PJ_Soul

I have rarely witnessed racism directed at First Nations, probably because the Native population in my region is very small, and also probably because I'm in a bit of a bubble, working at a university that is all-in when it comes to matters of reconciliation (the one exception is my own fucking sister, who has said some really offensive shit about Natives at the dinner table, and I have no clue where it comes from. She even said something really shitty when she discovered that her husband is part Native, meaning her kids are too. She's a real bitch). But I have heard about the level of racism towards Natives in other parts of Canada, and some of the stories are just shocking to me.