From what I understand, they don't have many black people, so they probably mostly only meet the nice ones. If they were as black as Detroit, they would probably have a different view of black people. I know I'll probably get flamed for saying that, but seriously, when you look at most highly black areas in America, there tends to be a lot of crime (and a lot of poverty). There are obvious reasons for this, but it's worth noting these things when looking at the black population of Canada.lowing wrote:
Welllllllllllll, I think they dress funny and talk kinda funny with that "eh" shit they are always saying. Besides they like black people and Muslims up there.Turquoise wrote:
I generally like Canadians, or at least, I prefer the direction they've been going in as of late (as compared to our direction).lowing wrote:
Damn Canadians, I hate them about as much as I hate black people and Muslims.
A lot of black people in Canada are descended from those who escaped slavery in the American South. They went all the way up to Canada because of the prejudice they still dealt with in the North. For the most part, Canada's history of black relations is better than ours. They still had their problems, but there weren't nearly as many lynchings that went on up there. Slavery also ended in Canada in 1820, if I'm not mistaken, so they had several decades longer to adapt to racial equality.
A lot of other black people in Canada are directly from Africa, and since Canada's immigration policies are generally stricter than ours, they typically receive more educated Africans than we do. This helps the assimilation process along considerably. Educated people are less likely to commit crime and more likely to adapt to the social norms of the country they've immigrated to.
As for Muslims, Canada would seem to have some of the same problems Britain has in not standing up enough to the more extremist elements in the Islamic community. Most Canadian Muslims are no different from ours, but they have the occasional loud-mouthed extremist idiot who pushes for Sharia Law. Canadians aren't typically an aggressive type of people (except in the hockey rink), so they're not quite as good at calling out the Islamic extremists among them as we are with ours. Granted, a lot of our success at this probably has to do with our own extremist Christian elements.
