Paradigm shift

[sfllaw]

My trip to Hong Kong has really changed how I perceive the world. It's difficult to explain, as I've tried to do to the people at work, but maybe I can do better here.

Going to Hong Kong was like getting in a spaceship and blasting off to another world. Although Hong Kong is a first-world city, it's mind-blowingly different. Sure they have

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[anonymous]

We live it we experience it, racism is prevailing in the city of st johns. they say newfoundland is friendly but its not from deep within. You can easily experience this downtown st john's

RE: Racism in Newfoundland

[anonymous]

Do you guys actually think that racism is an inherited trait? Newfoundlanders (and anyone other group for that matter) are only as racist as society will tolerate. If people speak up about it then it isn't an issue.
I personally am from a small town in Newfoundland and I've got to say that I've heard a lot more jokes about Newfs than muslims. And when I go to some parts the mainland there is more prejudice against me for being from Newfoundland than there is against minorities in NL. We might not be a visual minority but we're certainly an auditory one.
That being said, it doesn't bother me because who cares? Jokes are jokes and words are words. If somebody is saying something genuinely racist then call them out on it. Don't complain on the internet and call Newfs bigoted adulterers.
Also, it's not just us who smoke pot, everyone does. It's fun.

[anonymous]

Why do you people live in Newfoundland? Anyone whith any knowledge knows that Newfoundland is a white province. The Irish, English and other white European cultures are the one's the settled NL and created the way it is today. If you want NL to be like you Muslim or Indian home land then you are naive! Would I go to India and expect it to be like Northern Ireland and then complain about it and call it racist when it was not like my home land. Would I get a job in Pakistan as a white European immigrating there with little education or work experience? Haven lived and worked in NL I can honestly say the people are not racist, they take care of there own first like any other people would. Are they friendly? yes. DO they go out of there way for non-white immigrants? Yes, more than any white's in mainland Canada would ever do. So be respectful, one persons so called racism is another nationalism.