UnHyphCanadian

UnHyphCanadian

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14 years ago @ Macleans.ca - English Canada: they h... · 0 replies · +1 points

By your definition Jewish-Germans would not be a race. According to that logic they didn't experience racism, just religious hatred?

I don't consider French-Canadians to be a seperate race from English-Canadians. But when hatred is practised based on ethnic background, it is still racism, and it is ugly.

14 years ago @ Macleans.ca - English Canada: they h... · 2 replies · +1 points

I know the source of the hate. I'm an English speaking Canadian with a French sur-name whose family has lived in a bi-cultural town in Southern Ontario for almost 2 centuries. My first experience with hate came when I visited my girl-friend's family in a neighbouring (uni-cultural) town. Her Uncle's and relatives spewed constant slurs like 'Dogan', 'Frenchie', etc..

It's simple Racism, spurred by religious hatred. Her family was of Scottish/Irish-protestant background and when they immigrated here, they brought their hate with them. Since the only Catholics around were of French-Canadian ancestry, guess who they decided to hate?

It's sad and pathetic that racism and religious hatred that existed hundreds of years ago in Europe was imported to Canada and directed at it's inhabitants (natives included).

You know the old saying 'What goes around, comes around'. In time (I believe it has already started) other new immigrant groups will be importing their racism and religious hatred to Canada, and this time the inhabitants will be English Canadians...

Signed,
A non-religious, non-hyphenated Canadian