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Are canadians friendly to people from other countries? (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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I plan on traveling to Canada, but I do have this worry.

To be more specific, I'm not kinda black, my skin's somehow white, but I have black relatives, which means I got wavy hair and some other things.

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[–] 2 points 10 months ago* (2 children)

if your taking things that literally on the internet, I can't help you.

but what I can say is I didnt know anyone who understood it's an insult was until I moved out of Alberta. So everyone I met while growing up, yeah.

for the record I grew up in Calgary.

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  • [–] -1 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    OP is being warned to "stay away" specifically from Alberta because we're apparently not safe to be around, how am I supposed to be taking this? So far the only solid reasons that have been given are:

    • Alberta produces a lot of oil.
    • Someone in a small town post office didn't wear a mask while picking up a box of books related to Christianity, which I might add is far more widely practised in Canada's eastern provinces.
    • Apparently "everyone" in Alberta thinks being compared to Texas is a compliment. Based on the fact that you personally didn't know anyone who thought otherwise, in your particular social bubble.

    So yeah, I'm rather offended. I think OP would have a perfectly fine time coming to visit Alberta.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago*

    why are you taking it personally that were talking about you specifically?

    I know many great Albertians. But they're a slim minority. The people, as a whole, are not as good to interact with if your a person if color. this is coming from friends who are.

    we're not saying you specifically are an ass, but that a lot more people are asses in Alberta than most other places in Canada.

    I gave you a few light hearted examples.

    how about the person who crashed into my friends cart for wearing a mask in a store and said "don't rob me".

    how about all the terrible things said about natives out there?

    how about the police running moonlight walks?

    or the anti abortion ads that used to be on trucks and on the university campus showing graphic photos?

    there's more than you there.

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