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Halifax has never had a good record for acceptance of the very large black community, that stems from the underground railway for slaves escaping from the US

Google Africville for more information.

On this side, I see more racism towards other "colours", religions, or sexual identity from a) evangelical Christians of all colours, and b) from new immigrants from mainland China who don't understand freedom of expression, or tolerance towards others.

You should see the conniptions the Chinese parents get into when school districts send out information on "gender neutral toilets", or "gay" clubs, or teaching sex education.

It could be quite funny, if it were not so serious.

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I work with some Chinese Christians. A less tolerant bunch of people does not exist.

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You can't judge the city on something that happened 60 years ago that has been apologised for & that they've tried to make up for since.

I don't know what it's like in Halifax, but I live in a rural NS town where I was surprised to see so much diversity. I can't say that nobody suffers from any racism (how would I know) but from the outside we seem to have a pretty good harmonious welcoming community. We celebrate notable achievements of black people from the past & everyone even voted to name the nearby ferry after one of them.

There's always a lot of hate going on in cities from all angles, people live in too close proximity to each other so rub each other up the wrong way. There is also a sense of anonymity that you are free to think or say what you like because you probably won't see this person again, you don't have to be accountable for your behaviour (unless you are actually committing a crime of course). In a small town you can't behave like that, you are forced to be nice & try to get along with people because everyone knows everyone & most people don't want to make themselves the town pariah.

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You haven't met my inlaws!

Anyone who thinks that Canada is a paragon of acceptance and diversity is fooling themselves.

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Diversity, yes. Tolerance, oh no. In a multiculture everyone brings their hatreds from home and then adds new ones as they meet new groups of people they'd previously not heard of and find that they're just like that other lot they've hated all along.

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What an amazing insight. I like to believe I'm tolerant although I'm sure at times I'm not.
But coming to Canada I expected that "melting pot" that we all learned about in school but it doesn't exist. All the different nationalities stick together. The different communities are a testament to this.
I think to get a taste of what Canada is you can't live in the GTA.