{"id":4620,"date":"2020-06-03T21:37:17","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T00:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=4620"},"modified":"2020-06-04T11:52:22","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T14:52:22","slug":"no-canada-is-not-systematically-racist-it-is-rather-becoming-radicalized-and-collectively-insane-in-front-of-our-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2020\/06\/03\/no-canada-is-not-systematically-racist-it-is-rather-becoming-radicalized-and-collectively-insane-in-front-of-our-eyes\/","title":{"rendered":"No, Canada is not systematically racist. It is rather becoming radicalized and collectively insane in front of our eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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First, here is the article\nfrom the New Wark Times<\/em> entitled: \u201c<\/em>Hundreds\ngather in Sackville for anti-racism vigil<\/a>\u201d<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nHundreds gather in Sackville for anti-racism vigil<\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The last time Bambi checked, climate change was the\nhot topic in our town\/country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, it seems to be \u201csystematic\u201d racism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is funding these demonstrations across our country?\nBambi\u2019s own hypothesis is that all this may not be about the brutality to Mr.\nFloyd at all, sadly \u2639.\nIt may not be about Canada even. Just like climate change radicalism maybe, but\nthat\u2019s her own personal hypothesis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyhow, Bambi is not talking about the well-meaning\nfolks on the streets of Sackville for sure. However, without realizing it, all\nthese demonstrations are tools serving other purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who gains from politically using a tragedy like the torture\/death\nof Mr. Floyd \u2639? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or is it the long confinement and boredom that is pushing\npeople on the streets?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is with torture\/brutality? Who is all for racism?\nDo you know anyone who would be? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why are we radicalizing our thoughts\/ourselves like\nthat then, bringing the American issues to us? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The New Wark Times<\/em> article refers to Ms. Robyn\nMaynard. Bambi has expressed her thoughts about Ms. Maynard last year: For her,\nthis speaker was not the wisest choice made. She was not of high calibre like\nthe other much stronger speakers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Maynard lectured us on \u201cour\u201d racism whilst she is a\nstranger to the Maritimes and to our small town. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She knows nothing about our provincial social development\nsector, our health sector, our schools, our police services, etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is no secret to anyone that Bambi is not \u201clocal\u201d,\neven if she considers herself a proud Maritimer and surely a proud Canadian. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although we are far from being perfect (no country, no\nentity, and no human beings are), we are NOT systematically racist. Saying the\nopposite would be delusional\u2026 or we would be once again emptying words from\ntheir meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We do not have systematic racist regulations (based on\nrace, etc.). We do not systematically discriminate, as Mr. Trudeau has unwisely\nsaid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, some individuals here and there may be racist but this is not institutionalized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order to state something like that, perhaps our PM must assess it first and not repeat silly clich\u00e9s or force his clich\u00e9 into our brains. If he does not measure his soc-called systematic racism, perhaps it would be wiser to refrain from lecturing us about it. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To come back to Ms. Maynard, contrary to her, Bambi knows the attitude and the relations of Canadians\/Maritimers with her own family members. For instance, she is involved in 2-3 different cultural or multicultural associations. She has diversity under her own roof and in her own\/larger family (with over 8 different religions, some historically not getting along well). So, please give us a break Ms. Maynard and Ms. Lerch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bambi also knows how welcoming New Brunswickers are for\nhaving been, with her spouse, foster parents for youth from all backgrounds,\nincluding the African continent. They have also acted as host parents too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sackville and Moncton (+ Amherst) are the MOST welcoming and generous regions of Canada. The latter is a wonderful country\u2026 but it is being ruined in front of our eyes \u2639.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last bur surely not the least, Bambi and surely Ms.\nMarilyn Lerch, if the latter recalls from their encounter in the United Church at\nthe memorial for the deceased mother of a friend in town (newcomers, escaping\nfrom the Middle East). All the attendants were from different villages\/towns from\nNB and NS. Most were observant Muslims (clearly from their conservative\noutfit). Once again, Sackvillians, including Ms. Lerch herself, showed their tolerance,\ngenerosity and loving care to Bambi\u2019s new friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of note, Sackville welcomed this beautiful family first.\nThen, later, the uncle who thank God managed to join them. Sackville also welcomed\nanother family from Syria and at least two others from Africa. Is this systematic\nracism? Is this unconscious bias? Is this a micro-aggressive act of racism?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bambi is still in contact with one of our Syrian\nfamilies who left us to another province (she acted as a translator. Now she\ncalls herself a friend). This amazing family is FULL of gratitude for Sackville\nand its people, churches, university\/students, official town. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Sackville and Canada were systematically racist,\nwould they be full of gratitude like that?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If they hear about this demonstration, they will be surprised\nand they may find Canadians being ridiculous, just like Bambi.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before concluding this post, we learned tonight that a\nformer politician resigned from the Board of Directors of Telus for having said\nthat there was no systematic racism in Canada:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/news-release\/2020\/06\/03\/2043308\/0\/en\/Stockwell-Day-Steps-Down-from-TELUS-Board-of-Directors.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is this normal? Is this a good thing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are collectively becoming insane Bambi is afraid,\nnot systematically racist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, no Mr. Ivan Okello and Ms. Lerch (or perhaps your favourite politicians too), there is NO systematic racism in Canada. Saying the opposite would be not only false or silly narrative, it would be a crime in the long-term, if we Lebanonize Canada \u2639. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doing this to ourselves is precisely what made Bambi\nescape from when she immigrated to Canada\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First, here is the article from the New Wark Times entitled: \u201cHundreds gather in Sackville for anti-racism vigil\u201d: The last time Bambi checked, climate change was the hot topic in our town\/country. Today, it seems to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sackvillesmemorialpark"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4620"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4629,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4620\/revisions\/4629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}