Good But Limited Perspectives

Rating: 6/10 (19 February 2006)

Racism is the black spot on the sun that is America. Every human society has its problems. Ours, IMHO the most vibrant and craftily constructed one, is no exception either. Racism and xenophobia, the unattractive side of our humanity, isn't the most popular subject, but everyone of us has to deal with it at one point. Being an immigrant myself, albeit with WASP-Canadian ancestry, I must admit in the past I had stood on both sides of the fence when it comes to alienation. Back in my home country Canada, I was openly against the borderless immigration-refugee act that liberals promoted. Toronto, the largest city in Ontario, is a city where minority IS the MAJORITY. The dynamics among ethnic groups are quite different here down in the states...racism takes different forms, a more internalized one where violence and conflicts often erupts between the minority group themselves. What's my point? Open immigration is NOT the conduit that leads to tolerance levels. In the case of Toronto, it excerbates the race relations. I hope the newly elected Conservatives would do something about it.