{"id":6414,"date":"2020-08-29T09:32:41","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T12:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=6414"},"modified":"2020-08-29T10:21:20","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T13:21:20","slug":"why-is-the-national-post-turning-that-silly-like-the-rest-of-our-mainstream-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2020\/08\/29\/why-is-the-national-post-turning-that-silly-like-the-rest-of-our-mainstream-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is the \u201cNational Post\u201d turning that silly like the rest of our mainstream media?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Bambi does not know if she should laugh or cry to an article published in the National Post<\/em>, signed by Ms. Ayesha Ghaffar and entitled \u201c\u2018Is it in my head?\u2019 International students recall covert racism and gaslighting in Canada<\/em>\u201d?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And we can read under the title: \u201cAnalysis:\nYoung adults from around the world come to Canada to pursue their dreams. Once\nhere, their self-esteem is often shattered\u201d.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/canada\/is-it-in-my-head-international-students-recall-experiences-of-covert-racism-and-gaslighting-in-canada<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article wants us to believe the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCanadians are perhaps uncomfortable\nacknowledging the racism that is deeply embedded in their society. But if a\nnation is unwilling to accept it has an issue with explicit racism,\nthe question arises: when, if ever, will it recognize covert forms of racism?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bambi does not know from where Ms. Ghaffar\u2019s parents (or herself) came from. Is it from a Muslim or Arab country? Well, if so, Bambi can perhaps offer her a a little paid vacation there to de-stress from all the racism of Canada ?, both \u201cexplicit<\/em>\u201d and \u201ccovert<\/em>\u201d, to use her own words. Upon her return home, during her mandatory 14-day quarantine, perhaps she can think more critically and honestly about the issue of racism. She can also compare Canada to the rest of the world\u2026 Mmm, unless she would consider that Canada is racist for asking her to self-isolate ?. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To give you an example from the article above, the author reports an international student saying that Canadians are racist because they tell her that she has a \u201cfunny\u201d accent. WOW, how mean. How dare them be that racist? Someone once told Bambi that people are racist (i.e., micro-aggressive) in her town in NB because they ask her where she comes from?. Can you imagine how sad and narrow-minded our society has become? Just because someone is interested in your story or your journey, we call them racist. Actually, Bambi finds it so cute when local people from her town asks her spouse (when they hear his accent, see his look, or perhaps guess well that they do not know his grand-father): \u201cAre you from far away\u201d<\/em>? They immediately look at Bambi and ask her: \u201cAre you from very far away<\/em>\u201d? Well, they are so clever because indeed he is from far and she is from much further away. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please give us a break and stop imposing radical views on our society through organizations obsessed with de-funding our police services and funded by God knows whom to invade our brains and destroy our civilization (e.g., BLM and the like, etc.). Despite our issues, Canadians are among the kindest people in the world. Yes, there may be racist folks here and there (you or Bambi may be one of them, so what?) but the VAST majority are not only respectful but also adorable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When will our mainstream media return to publishing\nclever and constructive articles? She does not know about you but Bambi misses\nreading those.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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