Basically what oreo said.
Toronto and Vancouver are extremely diverse.
Sure if you go to the middle of nowhere in Canada, it’s going to be different. But that’s the same in USA#1.
Of course it wouldn’t shock me. I love that you assume I’m some sort of uncultured rube because of this. I wasn’t offended before, but now I’m starting to get pissed off.
Also, here’s a chance for those in the US. Free, tonight, without commercials.
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Was one of those Vancouver?
Gross as it is, it seems pretty ridiculous that 64-year-old and 43-year-old consenting adults can commit a crime in bed.
My initial argument with you wasn’t even about the portrayal of Africa in BP. It was about your dismissal of “lowbrow” entertainment and the idea that anyone who enjoys things like the Marvel movies or video games or what have you is some sort of low-IQ mouthbreather who doesn’t appreciate “real art.” The pretentiousness is off the charts. There doesn’t have to be some deeper meaning or symbolism to every piece of entertainment. If that’s what you prefer, great, but don’t come in and browbeat me for liking something you don’t.
Shit, I’ve seen some of your walrus submissions and I kind of hate them (not all of them!), but I don’t spend 50 posts arguing with you about why those songs are terrible. I just chalk it up to different tastes and move along.
THIS POST IS NOT ABOUT BP/AFRICA
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No one is actually gonna prosecute them for that. At least I hope not.
I guess I just don’t understand what you’re talking about.
You said this.
But it absolutely is replicated in Toronto and Vancouver. If you aren’t sensing it, I think it’s more a you problem than an Canada problem.
Yeah the sodomy laws were like that, unless some prosecutor wanted to make a point or had a vendetta.
Is it that there is more variety in CA?
(People underestimate how diverse LA is for sure. It’s amazing. Huge populations of at least a dozen different groups.)
I wouldn’t be surprised if the Toronto and/or Montreal are more like that, but dunno.
I’m still not sure I understand what exactly you’re trying to say.
I don’t know about Vancouverites, but I know for sure we have at least a couple of Torontonians who post regularly on unstuck.
Do you think any of them would think below was accurate.
What gregorio thinks seems pretty clear. Is he wrong too?
Melkerson,
JT isn’t making a statistical point. Not sure where you are going with this line of questioning.
I’m not making a statistical point either.
My point is that his view is weird at the very least.
It’s definitely a weird point. In Canada we are taught from an early age in school to celebrate multiculturalism. Winnipeg isn’t Toronto or Vancouver but one of our biggest summer events yearly is a gigantic 2 week festival with pavilions from dozens of different cultures.
I don’t have as much cross border experience as Johnny, but I have done a lot of traveling through both countries and I get the point he’s making. Multiculturalism feels different in different places in ways that are not directly tied to absolute percentages.
I understand and am accounting for that. How Toronto can’t feel multicultural by any standard is beyond me.
These all just seem like personal, lived experience anecdotes which might not transfer to the experiences of others. Not downplaying what you’ve been through or discarding it, good to share.
How much smaller than Vancouver metro is Sacramento metro? Based on 10s of google, they’re comparable.
Sure the US has more cities that have a lot of diversity. Canada really has 2 for sure and I wouldn’t fight too much is someone wanted to include Montreal. You can only live in one city at a time. And in those cities, Canada has replicated it.
If you compare Canada to the US…well, again, you have to account for Johnny being from California. Only Hawaii is less white. California is 39% non-Hispanic white. Vermont is 94%. Even NY, a pretty diverse state, is 57%.
I suspect that colors his perceptions.
Nevertheless, my point is that if you want diversity and multiculturalism in Canada, there are places you can find it.