Sarcasm aside, one moves to dodgy ground at the point he starts explaining diversity to minorities who generally get to experience racism first hand.

"Hounded out"

I see you've met Mordko then.

Sadly racism and racists will always exist, in some areas more than others, but not always the ones you think. I lived in the GTA for three years, I met some people there that were bordering on racist... and at the other end of the scale, I used to chat with my Sri Lankan landlord there quite a lot, he couldn't understand why the media continues to label Canada racist. Both him and his wife said they have never found Canada racist.

On a whole despite what the mainstream media keeps saying, who really like to stir the pot, race relations have moved on leaps and bound compared to what it used to be, a lot of people can't see this, but the media don't report the positive stories or the positive things that some immigrants say like my landlord and his wife, and they should know.

I have mentioned on here before the media and selective reporting is a bigger problem than ever now in my opinion. I have learned to base my opinions on life, I get out quite a bit, and meet lots of people, so I don't pay a lot of attention to what the pot stirring media says.




I very much agree with this having lived in the area for 9 years and having just moved back after being away for 3 years, they are my experiences too. As you say, and also what I said above, you can't generalise a whole area based on a few idiots.

He is right. Its all relative. Compared to Britain and most other countries he is spot on.

And its not all about small town problems and supposed lack of “diversity”. Its also about racism in the media, politics, workplace, literature, sports…

why should I extract figures to support your argument?
You can be as insulted as you like, I took the tongue smiley to mean " ner, ner, ner, I'm right you're wrong" which in my opinion is often your MO.

Peterborough is not diverse and calling it a melting pot is laughable.

Excuse me?

I have never had an MO and I certainly don't use a tongue smiley to mean anything other than what it is.

After the Legion debacle many local people didn't understand what the problem was, still don't. The event was reported by another branch of the Legion when they saw photos posted on Facebook. Oh and one of the dressups was a retired police officer.
When I was working I'd often hear people moaning about immigrants and all the money they are supposed to be given. When I pointed out that I was an immigrant and hadn't had any handouts the response was usually something to the effect of "Oh we don't mean people like you."

I have like minded friends here, not many are actually from Peterborough and they are usually arty farty lefties. My experience is that there is a lot of racism here. They often don't even realise what they are saying and would never think they were. Think back to England in th 70s, it's tgat pinch of feel.

Am I right in assuming you are a white male?

This is why I've long believed someone should only live in Canada if they live south of the 401, West of Victoria Park, East of the 427 and North of Lake Ontario.

Like staying within the M25. The ring road was built with a real sense of boundary purpose.

You'd see in Vancouver the downtowners have cut themselves off if you all actually made the effort to pay attention to current affairs once in a while.

Who knows what would happen to a homosapien like me in this Peterborough?

Nope. Stay in my lane with the warmth and comfort of the local Hooters.

You're not a member of Yorkshire Cricket Club by any chance are you?

Is this a new breed with a very restricted habitat? Fascinating.

"Who knows what would happen to a homosapien like me in this Peterborough?"
Who are you quoting? If you click on the quote button it will automatically format your post.

Where is this "Yorkshire" of which you speak?