So, me and a few friends of mine have noticed a tendency in Montreal for people to like make really gross racial stereotypes about people of non european origins. While this is something that is usually more typical among the more trashy or more bottom of the barrel elements of society in say Singapore or Dubai, it is pretty accepted in what are seen as even more middle/upper class elements of society here. Like i'd expect these sorts of attitudes to be more common in more rural areas where people are just not very well educated or exposed to other cultures and don't know any better, but like in a metropolitan and diverse city, it's kind of disturbing that these attitudes are even tolerated. It's bad for business, it's trashy, and contributes to a view of quebec as being more backwards/hick from an international businessmen pov.
Racism in Montreal
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Im assuming you are non european. Where are you from if you dont mind me asking ?
i'm from canada, but ethnically speaking i'm middle eastern
What exactly are you talking about? This is kind of a cryptic, conclusory statement about another unidentified statement. Why don't you let the reader judge what is "gross" and a "racial stereotype" by providing the unidentified statements without any labels attached?
I didnt post more cause i didnt wanna get into this. But im just tired of endless narrative of europeans being “bad people” its tiresome . Thats all im gonna say
It is a different reality when you are not on the receiving end of this. Like when girls often say Indian men are smelly and cheap. I dunno who they are talking about, girls often complement me on how good I smell. I shower daily, put deodorant and cologne. I spend decent at the clubs. But apparently if they come across one non White men that does that, now they label all men from that race as such. Indian men are a victim of sterotypes. And it is non European women doing this also, not just European. Other races are victims of sterotypes and racism also. But I always said everyone is entitled to be racist, it is a free country. But these types of threads are popping up often because it really does suck to be on the receiving end of this. Something to think about.
Look ive been called everything in the book i dont care i laugh. Wop guinea spaghetti head greaseball go down the list. It is what it is. Free speech free country. I never played victim
And i never will. I made a truthful
Observation. I have nothing to think about lol. But i get your point
Non europeans? Are you aware of how Anglos and people from France are generally perceived and appreciated here? Lol!
Personally I don't care of you are black, brown, yellow, white or blue... Well perhaps blue as you may not he breathing. Just be nice, don't become a parasite on our governments ( our tax dollars ) generosity, cleanup after yourself & don't abandon pets ( fucking hate that ). I am in Pattaya now and and you want to talk about racism, not kind words about Indians in North Pattaya.
This is a topic that interests me a lot and on which I have read quite a bit, so let me summarize my findings:
As you probably know, immigration has been at a record high in Canada in recent years, leading to a rapidly chancing racial makeup in our large cities (to be clear: less white). From a sociological and psychological perspective, the increase of racism that you describe was actually expected. It has been shown that too much immigration leads to an erosion of trust in society, which is the most important element that keeps it holding together. People become more on edge, less trusting of their neighbours, etc. Imagine living in the neighbourhood where you grew up and 20 years later, a large portion of your neighbours do not share the same culture as you, do not celebrate the same holidays, don't watch the same sports on TV, etc. We revert to our primal instincts of "us vs them", which can manifest themselves as racism or xenophobia. This phenomenon is not unique to Montreal. (We were not historically that "diverse" of a metropolis BTW) Surveys across the US and Canada confirm these increasingly negative attitudes towards immigration. Did the majority of people suddenly became racists? In a way, yes! Why? Because most people did not like what they felt on the streets and in their communities in recent years. Are they justified? I don't know. What I can say for sure is that it is– tragically–human nature.
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