Gregory's Server@WouterGVDO @alice Which leaves an interesting question for me, a π¨π³ guy born to ππ° immigrants who grew up here in π¨π¦, where the white-supremacist system here is less pronounced (and aimed more strongly towards the native peoples/First Nations), but still unequivocally targets me: to what extent have I, as a βmodel minorityβ, benefited from this system?
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 @WouterGVDO @alice My parents, of course, experienced none of this, so I knew nothing about this until last year. Seems like quite an omission, especially since we did learn about anti-Chinese laws in history class and the horrific exploitation of Chinese (and other immigrant) workers in the building of the nationβs railways. @enoch_exe_inc @WouterGVDO America was (and still is) built on the blood and exploitation of non-white people. Worse yet, our history is written to downplay or erase that fact, so that those of us with privilege can feel more comfortable. |
@WouterGVDO @alice Also, my parents were from the new wave of immigrants that came in the 80s and 90s. Like in America, Chinese people have been immigrating here for decades, centuries even, and were subject to varying forms of discrimination. 100 years ago, on Canada Day of 1923 (or Dominion Day as it was known), the country passed the Chinese Immigration Act, and the day became known as βHumiliation Dayβ for Chinese-Canadians until it was finally repealed in 1947.