If you’re ‘trying’ to feel guilty, then you’re a true moron.
Quebec blacks – of whom there are ultra few, and most of whom have are immigrants or children of immigrants – are not the subject of these protests, not really.
You’re going through a crazy American thing you’ve seen on teevee that’s about as Quebecois as the burrito.
WHY do you feel the need to pretend that American problems are the same as ours, when we have all our own?
WHY do you want to participate from this distance in the American experience, when you’re not an American?
WHAT is the attraction??
You’re not an American. American issues are not ours. Is our anglophone community so weak that it’s just basically been folded into the Canadian community, which is dominated by the US?
I know the answer, which is why I sort of flipped over to being a francophone sympathizer some years back. But it’s very very depressing to me to see Quebec anglophone culture just go extinct.
David, racial profiling is a very real thing in Quebec. And it’s done based on appearance of the “suspect”. The police don’t stop and ask if the person is an immigrant before they do it. Also, what the hell does it even matter if the person is an immigrant? What SHOULD matter is if they are actually committing a crime or there is *reasonable* evidence of it.
I don’t identify with the issues of the USA that closely. I identify with our own problems right here in Montreal, and Quebec in general.
If all black people here are immigrants, then what does that say about racism? We only let black people in recently?
But it’s not true. I knew someone who was as “anglo” as anyone else, but she implied that she had ancestors who were slaves. Ethel Bruneau immigrated here in the fifties, coming up with Cab Calloway and staying, but she came from the US.
One reason racism happens is because there is a smaller group to discriminate against. “It doesn’t matter, it affects a relative few”. But it matters vitally for those affected, that they are few doesn’t mean a thing to them. How they are treated does.
I once went to an art exhibit as part of the Asian Heritage Festival. I slowly started feeling uncomfortable, that I didn’t belong there, and soon left. I realized afterwards that I’d been the only white person there. Nobody had made me feel unwelcome, it just felt like I was at a party where I knew no one. And I couldn’t figure it out till afterwards.
I think that’s what it’s like for “minorities”. Even before any deliberate racism, they often are in that sort of situation. And they handle it better than I did.
I als remember going to a dance show that was part of the same festival. It was at a Maison de la culture, tickets were free. And during the intermission a bunch of people got up and left. I read it as they were expecting traditional dance and music, but it was bold art that happened to be done by Asian people. A stereotype can affect people too.
Zeke 10:49 on 2020-06-05 Permalink
Howdy!
Both are picking and choosing this list that was compiled by Sophie Watts. Which despite listing 104 places, still does not have Marcus on it.
Zeke 11:03 on 2020-06-05 Permalink
Howdy!
Apologies for the missing punctuation.
Kate 12:13 on 2020-06-05 Permalink
Who is Marcus?
Michael Black 12:32 on 2020-06-05 Permalink
Surely a reference to Marcus Garvey, but I don’t know.
dwgs 12:44 on 2020-06-05 Permalink
Michael, there is more than one black man named Marcus. I myself know at least two. Neither of whom is Marcus Samuelsson, chef at…https://www.fourseasons.com/montreal/dining/restaurants/marcus-restaurant-and-terrace/?seo=google_local_mqu2_amer
Kate 13:32 on 2020-06-05 Permalink
I know Marcus Samuelsson is a big noise chef, but surely he doesn’t own the Four Seasons.
Jonathan 13:50 on 2020-06-05 Permalink
Seems they are more focused on ‘black cuisine’ than black-owned, but a nice attempt at giving us white people some way to assuage our guilt.
david0002 19:58 on 2020-06-07 Permalink
If you’re ‘trying’ to feel guilty, then you’re a true moron.
Quebec blacks – of whom there are ultra few, and most of whom have are immigrants or children of immigrants – are not the subject of these protests, not really.
You’re going through a crazy American thing you’ve seen on teevee that’s about as Quebecois as the burrito.
WHY do you feel the need to pretend that American problems are the same as ours, when we have all our own?
WHY do you want to participate from this distance in the American experience, when you’re not an American?
WHAT is the attraction??
You’re not an American. American issues are not ours. Is our anglophone community so weak that it’s just basically been folded into the Canadian community, which is dominated by the US?
I know the answer, which is why I sort of flipped over to being a francophone sympathizer some years back. But it’s very very depressing to me to see Quebec anglophone culture just go extinct.
GC 08:39 on 2020-06-09 Permalink
David, racial profiling is a very real thing in Quebec. And it’s done based on appearance of the “suspect”. The police don’t stop and ask if the person is an immigrant before they do it. Also, what the hell does it even matter if the person is an immigrant? What SHOULD matter is if they are actually committing a crime or there is *reasonable* evidence of it.
I don’t identify with the issues of the USA that closely. I identify with our own problems right here in Montreal, and Quebec in general.
Michael Black 09:24 on 2020-06-09 Permalink
If all black people here are immigrants, then what does that say about racism? We only let black people in recently?
But it’s not true. I knew someone who was as “anglo” as anyone else, but she implied that she had ancestors who were slaves. Ethel Bruneau immigrated here in the fifties, coming up with Cab Calloway and staying, but she came from the US.
One reason racism happens is because there is a smaller group to discriminate against. “It doesn’t matter, it affects a relative few”. But it matters vitally for those affected, that they are few doesn’t mean a thing to them. How they are treated does.
I once went to an art exhibit as part of the Asian Heritage Festival. I slowly started feeling uncomfortable, that I didn’t belong there, and soon left. I realized afterwards that I’d been the only white person there. Nobody had made me feel unwelcome, it just felt like I was at a party where I knew no one. And I couldn’t figure it out till afterwards.
I think that’s what it’s like for “minorities”. Even before any deliberate racism, they often are in that sort of situation. And they handle it better than I did.
I als remember going to a dance show that was part of the same festival. It was at a Maison de la culture, tickets were free. And during the intermission a bunch of people got up and left. I read it as they were expecting traditional dance and music, but it was bold art that happened to be done by Asian people. A stereotype can affect people too.