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We've never been that country. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act https://en.wikipedia.or

We've never been that country. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1907 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1907 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_Americans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internment_of_Japanese_America... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1924 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1924 Jews in WW2: https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007094 https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007094 If you had HIV: https://www.immigrationequality.org/get-legal-help/our-legal-resources/visa-questions/hiv-ban-hiv-based-immigration-applications/ https://www.immigrationequality.org/get-legal-help/our-legal...

atomi 10y ago
Also, we don't ever talk about this (although it affected many more poeple) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Repatriation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Repatriation > In 2005, the State of California passed an official "Apology Act" to those forced to relocate to Mexico, an estimated 1.2 million of whom were United States citizens.
un-devmox 10y ago
To be fair, Canada doesn't have the rosiest history in regards to immigration. My point being, if they can change, so can we. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Immigration_Act,_1923 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Immigration_Act,_1923 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese-Canadian_internment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese-Canadian_internment http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/multiculturalism/holocaust/history.asp http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/multiculturalism/holocaust/hist...
muninn_ 10y ago
What's important to note here is that in each case there was a large influx of people from a different culture who congregated in areas (think Chinatown) and took time to fully integrate into the current society. It is NORMAL for people to be apprehensive about new people from different areas who move into an area and change how things were (how the years liked it). I think it's important to be mindful of this, and not immediately start with calling those people racists, or idiots, or whatever, and recognize that a successful immigration policy must at its foundation be a slow, smooth influx, and not a shock to they system.
- hiddencost 10y ago
  Sock puppet!

atomi 10y ago

Also, we don't ever talk about this (although it affected many more poeple) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Repatriation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Repatriation > In 2005, the State of California passed an official "Apology Act" to those forced to relocate to Mexico, an estimated 1.2 million of whom were United States citizens.

un-devmox 10y ago

To be fair, Canada doesn't have the rosiest history in regards to immigration. My point being, if they can change, so can we. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Immigration_Act,_1923 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Immigration_Act,_1923 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese-Canadian_internment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese-Canadian_internment http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/multiculturalism/holocaust/history.asp http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/multiculturalism/holocaust/hist...

muninn_ 10y ago

What's important to note here is that in each case there was a large influx of people from a different culture who congregated in areas (think Chinatown) and took time to fully integrate into the current society. It is NORMAL for people to be apprehensive about new people from different areas who move into an area and change how things were (how the years liked it). I think it's important to be mindful of this, and not immediately start with calling those people racists, or idiots, or whatever, and recognize that a successful immigration policy must at its foundation be a slow, smooth influx, and not a shock to they system.

hiddencost 10y ago
Sock puppet!