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Well, perhaps it is time for large, ethnically-homogenous countries that are on the ascent to adopt diversity policies of the sort that the US was approaching b
by mikestorrent 8mo ago
Well, perhaps it is time for large, ethnically-homogenous countries that are on the ascent to adopt diversity policies of the sort that the US was approaching before the "vibe shift"
- pitched 8mo agoCanada is largely still homogeneous but still welcoming to immigrants and very close to the US. Rather than China totally changing cultures, I think it’s more likely that US-based companies will have large satellite offices in middle powers.
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- School-Cotton 8mo agoCanada is not ethnically or culturally homogeneous at all.
- pitched 8mo agoCanada is 70% white where the US is close to 50%. That 20% puts them far above the majority line though. Not at all homogeneous, just much more so than the US.
- School-Cotton 8mo ago"White" is not one ethnicity or culture -- a lot of that 70% are French-speaking Quebeckers who surely cannot be considered part of a homogeneous mass with Anglo-Canadians.
- pitched 8mo agoI’m upvoting you because you’re 110% right but don’t discount how diverse the US is too, without an obvious divider like that. The New Orleans Cajun are also French immigrants, for example.
- shiroiuma 8mo agoNo, they're not: they're the ancestors of Canadian refugees who were forcibly expelled from what used to be called "Arcadia".
- alborzb 8mo agoIncase anyone else is a wikipedia searcher like me, want to point out there's no 'R' in the historic colony. Acadia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acadia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acadia Wanted to save other people time searching it up too
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- drbojingle 8mo agoWhite is a color, not a culture. Quebec and Newfoundland are very different than Alberta and Saskatchewan.
- pitched 8mo agoI will say that perogies are amazing and were much cheaper in Alberta than Newfoundland so you get an upvote. But don’t discount that this is also true of the white population in the US.
- robotresearcher 8mo agoData at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Canada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Canada
- mikestorrent 8mo agoI'm Canadian and unless you're talking about the middle of Saskatchewan I don't know what you mean - no city over a hundred thousand here is homogenous.
- pitched 8mo agoI have been in small towns in the Maritimes where people looked shocked to see an Indian immigrant with me, probably for the first time ever. I meant more in relation to the US, though, which is a much more diverse country.
- titanomachy 8mo agoI don’t think diversity policies are what made America diverse.
- afavour 8mo agoHow could they not be? If people cannot emigrate to the US then they won’t settle there. A relatively open immigration policy absolutely helped make America diverse. I’m pretty sure that’s what OP is referring to, not DEI or whatever the latest boogeyman is.
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- titanomachy 8mo agoI don't think open immigration in America's earlier years stemmed from a desire for diversity. It was more like "holy shit we need workers, I guess we can tolerate some Irish and Chinese people if we have to". It seems like a reach to call that a "diversity policy".
- afavour 8mo agoNor did I claim it was. A diversity policy is a policy that increases diversity, whether it is the specific goal or not.