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Very interesting article Ninelives. The statistics are awful, aren't they! Frankly, I don't remember any Canadians here castigating the USA about racial discrimination. Did I miss some posts? Both the United States and Canada rank rather low on the scale of most racist countries compared to the rest of the world. Could we do better? Of course!! Unfortunately, no one seems to have the definitive answer of how........ 
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You are welcome. There might be some, and I'm not trying to start a war with Canadians, I do have distant cousins still living up there in Quebec along with a few friends.
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To be a valid comparison, the comparison would need to be between Native Americans and Canadian Aboriginal people. Both were native to the land before white people arrived. African Americans were imported after white people arrived.
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Very interesting article Ninelives. The statistics are awful, aren't they! Frankly, I don't remember any Canadians here castigating the USA about racial discrimination. Did I miss some posts? Both the United States and Canada rank rather low on the scale of most racist countries compared to the rest of the world. Could we do better? Of course!! Unfortunately, no one seems to have the definitive answer of how........  I see remarks here and there about how racist we are here in America, but one comment against an Australian woman made me realize enough is enough. Yes, the article is a comparison of the US and Canada, but it proves my point that we are not the only country who has racial problems, but we also don't pretend it doesn't exist. Yep, you are correct, there is no definitive answer.
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We don't either, take a look at the statistics of welfare recipients.
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Great comment Roxy and thanks! You are right about negative issues in other countries, but people focus on us, why that is? Who knows? Maybe other countries are waiting for the demise of the US, waiting and watching to see if we stumble and fall, or looking to see how we handle this problem. I'm happy Canada is our neighbor as well, wouldn't want it any other way.
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So a comment about Australian aboriginals immediately translated for you to be about the US and this brought about your blog about Canadians? Interesting!
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Complaining about paying out, or not getting enough?
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7/11/2016 11:31 am |
Hi Nile: Interesting info. All countries have their own set of problems but the U.S. has Indian reservations too. I don't see many, if any, Canadians writing blogs about racism in the U.S., but I have seen Canadians replying to blogs on topics we read about or see on the news. If those blogs are about the U.S., what are we supposed to do, not have an opinion because we are Canadian?
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I assure you my blinders are off. I raised appropriate questions. Sorry if you found them inconvenient.
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Hi Nile: Interesting info. All countries have their own set of problems but the U.S. has Indian reservations too. I don't see many, if any, Canadians writing blogs about racism in the U.S., but I have seen Canadians replying to blogs on topics we read about or see on the news. If those blogs are about the U.S., what are we supposed to do, not have an opinion because we are Canadian? You can have your opinions, they are always welcome, it's how some opinions come out being hateful instead of helpful, those solve nothing, they just cause more arguments.
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I am with Rocket on her comments. I do not castigate the Americans here on the blogs about the racism in the USA. I watch the Canadian news on TV all the time and our news has a good portion of what is happening south of the border. You should take care of what is happening in your own front yard before criticizing what is happening in your neighbors. Plus I have tons of relatives scattered across the USA and I have a good relationship with most of them.
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Oh dear Nineyears!! I'm so sorry that I messed up your handle. Maybe my problem is that I tend to focus on the positives of most countries rather than the negatives, so I pay those negatives little mind. I think the media is one of the biggest purveyors of doom, gloom, and hype. How else could they get us to watch their endless litany of blood & guts, and fear mongering!! Armstrong Williams said these two sentences are familiar in every newsroom, "Sex sells," and "If it bleeds, it leads." We, in North America, ALL OF US, should kiss the ground!! We are fortunate to be living in two of the best countries in the world!!
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Oh dear Nineyears!! I'm so sorry that I messed up your handle. Maybe my problem is that I tend to focus on the positives of most countries rather than the negatives, so I pay those negatives little mind. I think the media is one of the biggest purveyors of doom, gloom, and hype. How else could they get us to watch their endless litany of blood & guts, and fear mongering!! Armstrong Williams said these two sentences are familiar in every newsroom, "Sex sells," and "If it bleeds, it leads." We, in North America, ALL OF US, should kiss the ground!! We are fortunate to be living in two of the best countries in the world!! I have little faith in the news media, they have a tendency to either blow a story out of proportion, or only tell half of it because they are so biased.
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Yes, Rocket is cute, lol, and no, I haven't spent time on the Nile, I am in the Nile years, somewhere between juvenile and senile.
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Nileyears and Myseek...... I will immediately make an appointment with my opthamologist !!!!!!  Warm Hugsssss~~~~~ 
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You are correct Lulu, it doesn't negate another country's problems, but this isn't the reason for this blog. Individuals who feel it necessary to attack others by calling them racist, or making statements about another person's country because of something that country did in it's past, when in fact, their own country did the same thing, it is just wrong. No country is perfect, we all have faults, but isn't it better to clean up your own backyard before looking over your neighbors fence to criticize theirs? Sure, this blog makes me no better a person by posting it, but like I said before, it's to open the eyes of those who refuse to see.
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Nileyears and Myseek...... I will immediately make an appointment with my opthamologist !!!!!! Warm Hugsssss~~~~~
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Are you not doing the very thing that you accuse others of doing? What have you accomplished? Has it made you feel better about what is, in fact, happening in this country? Most importantly, has posting this blog done anything about solving the problems inherent here?
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How have you enacted anything in the way of a solution by this blog? Sorry my questions, which are appropriate in light of the blog, bother you. I think that reflection is appropriate.
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Oh, but I have seen what this blog was about. My questions still stand. Your refusal to answer them is another matter.
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I have to admit, Rae, this blog rubbed me the wrong way. Like Rocket and Bijou, I don't feel like we look to knock the USA. When something happens anywhere in the world and a blog is written about it, we comment as human beings not as Canadians. I have never put up a post knocking any country. I am disappointed by this post. I know you enough to know it wasn't your intention to offend. Elaine Shuel
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I have to admit, Rae, this blog rubbed me the wrong way. Like Rocket and Bijou, I don't feel like we look to knock the USA. When something happens anywhere in the world and a blog is written about it, we comment as human beings not as Canadians. I have never put up a post knocking any country. I am disappointed by this post. I know you enough to know it wasn't your intention to offend.
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Nileyears , SFF isn't just an American site...it's also an international one...it's very easy to forget that. In fact, there are some Americans here, who constantly put down anyone who is not American. In my years here, I have been insulted hundreds of times, and every time by a small core of people. It seems to me that if they want to b*tch about their country, their government, or their own people, they might be better to do so on an "Americans only" site. That way they could ensure that we, the international members they call anti-American, can't comment. Added to this is the odd perception that America is none of our business...that we have no right to say anything and that we are all just ungrateful "colonials". Well, that's a very short-sighted view, (not to say xenophobic). When America bills itself as "The leader of the world" and what happens there affects the rest of the world...how can we not be affected? America does not exist in a vacuum. As to racism, that exists...we all know it...and it exists everywhere, without exemption. Countries are not racist people are. Because your country has so large a population it stands to reason that there may be more racism than elsewhere. But racism is solely down to individual choice...it can hit anywhere...it is deep seated and insidious and even religious people can be prey to it. I knew Catholic priests and nuns who were racist. We will never see a racism free world...but what we can do, is teach the upcoming generations what racism is and how to avoid it. I've been doing that all my adult life. I believe that's vital.
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We all live in a very hopeful world, if only people would open their eyes and minds!
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