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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I am writing this from Canada, where making an adjustment in lifestyle is not an easy task. No-smoking zones are respected and people speak quietly not wishing to disturb nearby patrons. There is order on the roads and highways, which makes me long for a visitors' study programme for our public transportation operators. This is significant to me as the lack of road rage, bad driving, cussing and threats has caused my blood pressure to go down to a level where medication can be discontinued.
But all is not what it may seem in Canadian "paradise". I still detect a sense of repressed racism, not only from White Canadians, but among the major immigrant groups, mainly West Indians, Pakistanis, Indians, Vietnamese, and Chinese. It is sometimes a situation that is a result of "huddling" in a social and living environment which seems to encourage ethnic townships, leading eventually to turf- and gang-related activities. This is, of course, among the young people who cannot remember the conditions and hardship that brought their parents and grandparents to this relatively under- populated country. However, strictly enforced laws keep this very much under the carpet, and discrimination based on race, religion and sexual preferences are not tolerated. There lies a message for our popular entertainers.
The hopes of true rewards for entrepreneurial ventures in the less populated areas were dashed by the pull of sure employment but lower wages in the Toronto suburban life. Legislation against racism facilitated immigrants entering the government agencies, especially those with good English skills, so West Indians landed those jobs. The other immigrants were not as lucky, and were forced towards entrepreneurial ventures. They now command much of the retail trade.
Cities like Vancouver are now modern Chinese towns with control in the hands of that ethnic grouping. Mandarin and Cantonese are the more common languages, with English a poor third -- French doesn't even count. So much for the Federal Government. This is an annexed city, much the same as how Montreal and Quebec have historically been commanded by the French Canadians. It demonstrates their ability to control profitable ventures, entire industries, and local politics, by working together for a common good. The West Indians have not found the necessary will to enable them to work together -- a behaviour which should have been left at home, even as we transform from "islands to continent". Sovereignty as practised at home has no place here.
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<span style="font-weight: bold">quoted from Nostalgia: memories of a softer lifestyle
JAMES MOSS-SOLOMON , in today's Jamaica Observer
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But all is not what it may seem in Canadian "paradise". I still detect a sense of repressed racism, not only from White Canadians, but among the major immigrant groups, mainly West Indians, Pakistanis, Indians, Vietnamese, and Chinese. It is sometimes a situation that is a result of "huddling" in a social and living environment which seems to encourage ethnic townships, leading eventually to turf- and gang-related activities. This is, of course, among the young people who cannot remember the conditions and hardship that brought their parents and grandparents to this relatively under- populated country. However, strictly enforced laws keep this very much under the carpet, and discrimination based on race, religion and sexual preferences are not tolerated. There lies a message for our popular entertainers.
The hopes of true rewards for entrepreneurial ventures in the less populated areas were dashed by the pull of sure employment but lower wages in the Toronto suburban life. Legislation against racism facilitated immigrants entering the government agencies, especially those with good English skills, so West Indians landed those jobs. The other immigrants were not as lucky, and were forced towards entrepreneurial ventures. They now command much of the retail trade.
Cities like Vancouver are now modern Chinese towns with control in the hands of that ethnic grouping. Mandarin and Cantonese are the more common languages, with English a poor third -- French doesn't even count. So much for the Federal Government. This is an annexed city, much the same as how Montreal and Quebec have historically been commanded by the French Canadians. It demonstrates their ability to control profitable ventures, entire industries, and local politics, by working together for a common good. The West Indians have not found the necessary will to enable them to work together -- a behaviour which should have been left at home, even as we transform from "islands to continent". Sovereignty as practised at home has no place here.
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<span style="font-weight: bold">quoted from Nostalgia: memories of a softer lifestyle
JAMES MOSS-SOLOMON , in today's Jamaica Observer
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Miss lou use to talk bout this.
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