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soleiltropiques in ontd_political

Quebec racism

Jul 04, 2016 01:44

OP: I'm from the province of Quebec, Canada, so I thought I would post this.

Quebec struggles to retain its francophone immigrants

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race / racism, quebec, xenophobia, canada, *trigger warning: racism, language, immigration

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soleiltropiques July 4 2016, 18:14:55 UTC

Yes, that's it.

One issue in this is Quebec's 'defense of its language and culture' which has led to a lot of xenophobia. (This is all enmeshed with the issue of Quebec separation from the rest of Canada, which has been floating around for the past few decades and which led to two referendums on this issue in Quebec: in 1980 and in 1995. Both led to the 'no' vote winning, such that Quebec remained in Canada.)

Simply put, (and I'm French Canadian myself) I am utterly and completely disgusted by this. Basically I am horrified at my province (and people of my ethnic background, honestly).

velvetunicorn July 4 2016, 15:33:24 UTC

We have a lot of non-white French immigrants in Winnipeg (St. Boniface specifically). I hope they are treated better here.

soleiltropiques July 4 2016, 18:17:16 UTC

It's very possible that they are. Unfortunately in Quebec immigrants are greeted with a whole lot of suspicion and racism because of the separatism/Quebec nationalism issue, which wouldn't be an issue in Manitoba.

blondebeaker July 5 2016, 01:18:47 UTC

Sort of OT but still along the lines of "FFS, Quebec!" did you see this?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/justin-trudeau-canada-day-one-nation-1.3662262

Some PQ leader candidate got really snippy about the part when he said "...one nation, one country - Canada."

soleiltropiques July 5 2016, 20:00:13 UTC

I saw that. :) I agree it was completely ridiculous. The expression 'storm in a teacup' comes to mind, LOL. I think some people are always mad about something, ugh ( ... )