Originally Posted By: ZZman
Originally Posted By: StevieC
Sorry I didn't mean that colour didn't matter like it's not important what I meant was how is colour important when it comes to opportunity. Does that level of racism exist so blatantly that someone wouldn't hire someone because of their colour or because of someones colour they don't qualify for certain things white folks would?
That's what I was getting at.
I think it is often more subtle or ingrained. We are most comfortable around people like us. Color, socioeconomic level, religion, politics etc.
I think up here it's a tad bit different because we are so well integrated. I'm not saying racism and other problems don't exist but I don't think it's anywhere near what it sounds like might be a problem south of the border.
I actually work for a wonderful Muslim family that originally come from the middle east and I work along side some really great folks from China, Jamaica and various countries in Africa. Me and a few other "white" folks are sort of the minority if we were looking at colour alone but you wouldn't know it by the way we all get along.
My neighbourhood is considered "average" and has a mix of just about everything on the street. We all have community garage sales each summer where we all participate on the same day. We watch our neighbourhood for each other and actually know one another.
Previous places of employment I worked heavily with East Indian and Pakistani no issues there.
I had a previous relationship with a nice girl of Jamacian descent all through high-school and the whole time we were together no one ever caused a problem for us or looked at us differently and we went to some places that were primarily "white" and primarily "black" populated events etc.
I don't know maybe we are a bit more integrated but I honestly don't see colour, race, religion etc. in "that" sort of way. I could care less and it seems most of us up here don't either. (We aren't perfect though... We have our population of folks that think otherwise but it's largely in check and not tolerated by the general populous.)
I'm actually saddened to know that it's not this way in all developed countries and that there still is a divide.
Anyway I'll leave it here because I don't want to spark any kind of debate that might turn.