That too was a first. The Chinese swarmed to elect Raymond Chan federally in Richmond. But even they didn t parade in church to push membership applications under people s noses. There was plenty of publicity on this but the Vancouver media shied away from saying that what happened was racism, pure and simple. One wonders what ordinary NDPers thought as the watched all those turbans and saris doing their victory dance when Dosanjh walked away with the top prize.
Wonders never cease, though.
For anyone who has watched the media tip-toeing around the obvious where race is concerned, there was an article in the Edmonton Journal that laid things on the line. There it was, however, the cloud no bigger than a man s hand. Then there was a cover story in Maclean s magazine on Sikh Power . Written before the Great Event, it made the usual excuses where ethnics are concerned, but nevertheless conveyed the message that violence and ruthlessness in Sikh society are major problems. That was no news to British Columbians.