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A comment to the article (ZT):
Justin · 4 hours ago
On one hand, multiculturalism is supposed to be embraced - yet what it seems to have become is TOLERANCE at best, but often thinly veiled mutual disregard for other cultures.
We can't have multiple parallel cultures running around not interacting with each other - ESPECIALLY at universities - a place where culture and mutual understanding and learning should be disseminated. If they say children are the future, our separation is setting a dangerous precedent for the future of Canada.
However i'm hopeful that Canadians will learn not just to tolerate, but to accept and EMBRACE each other's cultural and value differences. Instilling a sense of genuine curiosity and interest in each other's cultures not only strengthens bonds, but helps to bridge the gap and unify us as Canadians.
Yet this article has obviously stirred up some strong sentiments - you can definitely say it made all the racists come out of the woodwork - but is this article completely invalid? It certainly picks and chooses whose perspectives to lean on - but how many people share even just a little bit of the same sentiment? I feel as this issue is a hot-button one that as Canadians we are somewhat afraid to directly acknowledge.
Immigration has never been tension-free in any society. It is human tendency for the established class to gravitate towards highlighting differences and creating a sense of "otherness" of those who are arriving. Our two (Canada / US) countries may have been founded, or changed their laws to accomodate these principles. Yet despite having all been immigrants once - expect for the indigenous peoples (and look what we did to them!), people feel entitled to resent their differences.
Now i believe we are at the point where the immigrant presence - smart, hardworking and driven - has reached a critical mass where the established majority feel genuinely threatened. Never has an influx of immigrants been able to alter the cultural landscape of higher learning to the extent which we've experienced.
For those who complain that they can't keep up - because they're either unwilling to, or unable to work as hard due to an entitled (and inferior) work ethic - it really sucks for you. The meritocratic system may have worked to keep out minorities and immigrants in the past - but it's now backfiring. Immigrants know that education is the key to upwards social mobility - and guess what - immigrants are willing to make those sacrifices. Unless you're indigenous, every Canadian's ancestors once were in the exact same situation as you. Regardless of race. Regardless of religion. Things are much better now. At least racism is systemic and government-enforced. My ancestors had to pay the Chinese Head Tax, just for the privilege of aspiring to a better life for their children. And you know what? Their HUGE sacrifices allowed for their children - my parents - to gain a foothold in this country - by how? Education. I look at my dad and his brother and sister. They grew up in the poorest area of Edmonton. What are they now? A Lawyer, a neurologist, and a pharmacist. And guess what? They did it in a time where such opportunities were even harder to obtain. Not a day goes by when I am not appreciative of the sacrifices made by previous generations so i can enjoy a comfortable, Canadian upbringing. And it's disappointing for people of any ethnic background to forget that once upon a time, their ancestors were in the same boat. Because losing sight of that causes the complacency and entitlement that is part of the problem here.
Changing the rules and system at this point would basically admit to everyone that there is a double standard here. And that would not fly in today's Canada.
So thus is the dilemma. Under multiculturalism, which i previously commented on, our differences are becoming increasingly divisive. As Canadians we are scared to admit there is a problem which needs to be addressed. Admitting there is a problem will ignite a firestorm, sure, but until we do that our opportunities for open and progressive dialogue are limited.
Justin · 4 hours ago
On one hand, multiculturalism is supposed to be embraced - yet what it seems to have become is TOLERANCE at best, but often thinly veiled mutual disregard for other cultures.
We can't have multiple parallel cultures running around not interacting with each other - ESPECIALLY at universities - a place where culture and mutual understanding and learning should be disseminated. If they say children are the future, our separation is setting a dangerous precedent for the future of Canada.
However i'm hopeful that Canadians will learn not just to tolerate, but to accept and EMBRACE each other's cultural and value differences. Instilling a sense of genuine curiosity and interest in each other's cultures not only strengthens bonds, but helps to bridge the gap and unify us as Canadians.
Yet this article has obviously stirred up some strong sentiments - you can definitely say it made all the racists come out of the woodwork - but is this article completely invalid? It certainly picks and chooses whose perspectives to lean on - but how many people share even just a little bit of the same sentiment? I feel as this issue is a hot-button one that as Canadians we are somewhat afraid to directly acknowledge.
Immigration has never been tension-free in any society. It is human tendency for the established class to gravitate towards highlighting differences and creating a sense of "otherness" of those who are arriving. Our two (Canada / US) countries may have been founded, or changed their laws to accomodate these principles. Yet despite having all been immigrants once - expect for the indigenous peoples (and look what we did to them!), people feel entitled to resent their differences.
Now i believe we are at the point where the immigrant presence - smart, hardworking and driven - has reached a critical mass where the established majority feel genuinely threatened. Never has an influx of immigrants been able to alter the cultural landscape of higher learning to the extent which we've experienced.
For those who complain that they can't keep up - because they're either unwilling to, or unable to work as hard due to an entitled (and inferior) work ethic - it really sucks for you. The meritocratic system may have worked to keep out minorities and immigrants in the past - but it's now backfiring. Immigrants know that education is the key to upwards social mobility - and guess what - immigrants are willing to make those sacrifices. Unless you're indigenous, every Canadian's ancestors once were in the exact same situation as you. Regardless of race. Regardless of religion. Things are much better now. At least racism is systemic and government-enforced. My ancestors had to pay the Chinese Head Tax, just for the privilege of aspiring to a better life for their children. And you know what? Their HUGE sacrifices allowed for their children - my parents - to gain a foothold in this country - by how? Education. I look at my dad and his brother and sister. They grew up in the poorest area of Edmonton. What are they now? A Lawyer, a neurologist, and a pharmacist. And guess what? They did it in a time where such opportunities were even harder to obtain. Not a day goes by when I am not appreciative of the sacrifices made by previous generations so i can enjoy a comfortable, Canadian upbringing. And it's disappointing for people of any ethnic background to forget that once upon a time, their ancestors were in the same boat. Because losing sight of that causes the complacency and entitlement that is part of the problem here.
Changing the rules and system at this point would basically admit to everyone that there is a double standard here. And that would not fly in today's Canada.
So thus is the dilemma. Under multiculturalism, which i previously commented on, our differences are becoming increasingly divisive. As Canadians we are scared to admit there is a problem which needs to be addressed. Admitting there is a problem will ignite a firestorm, sure, but until we do that our opportunities for open and progressive dialogue are limited.
Racial discrimination still exists in Canada, it is an indisputable fact. It’s also true that it has greatly improved in the past twenty years, but it’s still up to us to push for Equality. Increasing the gap between races does not solve the problem but only makes it worse.
There is a lot of unfair things around the world, the key is how you can balance yourself.
There is a lot of unfair things around the world, the key is how you can balance yourself.
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A hilarious comment to the article (ZT).
Nate Brown · 2 hours ago
This article says exactly what my experience involving college for the past 4 years was like. I'm a Junior student at the University of Ryerson studying Environmental Sciences. However, I feel that I could've gotten into a much better university - such as UofT's Med school - if it wasn't for the amount of Asians in Toronto.
First we have hispanics taking jobs from guys down in the states and now Asians taking university spots from us in Canada. In High School I worked so hard and only got a 73% average because of the amount of Asians in my institution. The teachers had to make everything harder because those Asians had no lives and only studied. I don't know how their parents forced them into something as terrible as slavery but people should ENJOY school life; not study their butts off for it. If the Asians just relaxed a bit then I'd have gotten a 90% average and I'd have gotten into the UofT Life sciences that I aimed for.
If my family had more money to pay for my residence then yeah, I'd have gone to a school like Queens as well. But no, instead because of my Asian peers I ended up in a crappy place like Ryerson. It doesn't stop there, though. There are still a ton of Asians in Ryerson (presumably these guys didn't do well in High School English). And just like in High School, these Asian students push the professors to increase the work difficulty (because we all know that not everyone should get 100% in a class) by studying 24/7, leaving all the other students at a loss of marks.
I'm just a guy who wants to party some because that's what the College life is about! Go to parties every week and get drunk, then work hard for your finals to push up your marks. But no, the demographics of schools in Canada are polluted with people who are almost deliberately trying to push you out.
Just answer these questions: how often do you see Asians in the library?
How often do you see Asians at parties?
And there you go.
Nate Brown · 2 hours ago
This article says exactly what my experience involving college for the past 4 years was like. I'm a Junior student at the University of Ryerson studying Environmental Sciences. However, I feel that I could've gotten into a much better university - such as UofT's Med school - if it wasn't for the amount of Asians in Toronto.
First we have hispanics taking jobs from guys down in the states and now Asians taking university spots from us in Canada. In High School I worked so hard and only got a 73% average because of the amount of Asians in my institution. The teachers had to make everything harder because those Asians had no lives and only studied. I don't know how their parents forced them into something as terrible as slavery but people should ENJOY school life; not study their butts off for it. If the Asians just relaxed a bit then I'd have gotten a 90% average and I'd have gotten into the UofT Life sciences that I aimed for.
If my family had more money to pay for my residence then yeah, I'd have gone to a school like Queens as well. But no, instead because of my Asian peers I ended up in a crappy place like Ryerson. It doesn't stop there, though. There are still a ton of Asians in Ryerson (presumably these guys didn't do well in High School English). And just like in High School, these Asian students push the professors to increase the work difficulty (because we all know that not everyone should get 100% in a class) by studying 24/7, leaving all the other students at a loss of marks.
I'm just a guy who wants to party some because that's what the College life is about! Go to parties every week and get drunk, then work hard for your finals to push up your marks. But no, the demographics of schools in Canada are polluted with people who are almost deliberately trying to push you out.
Just answer these questions: how often do you see Asians in the library?
How often do you see Asians at parties?
And there you go.
你钱太多了，我是在扁你吗？
See how he used term "the amount of Asians" instead the number of Asians. This is as much as a grammatical mistake as a deep-seated antipathy towards Asians. By using the word amount, this person sees Asians as some uncountable object - like the "yellow peril".
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如果又没很大家业,大片土地和人际关系,也没有好的专业,.......
其实这么多华裔小孩涌进computer, engineering,medical, accoutning那都是生存环境逼出来的, 实话实说,这是相对比较公平和稳妥的进入相对高收入的工作的途径.
就跟现在国内流行词"我爸是李钢"那样, 如果我们来这里很长时间拥用很大家业,大片土地和人际关系, 孩子根本不需要为了生存去学这些专业, 如果我有1000万资产, 100亩地. 孩子想学啥专业就学啥专业.
如果又没很大家业,大片土地和人际关系,也没有好的专业,.......
