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[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 years ago (3 children)

That’s because it is a cult. No one could seriously claim that Canada was more racist than America.

We certainly have issues. And our treatment of several marginalized groups leave a bad taste in one’s mouth, but more racist?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago

What's the value in even framing the situation as competitive? This man responded with a reasonable take for such a shit claim. This is another reminder for me to keep my mouth shut more often than not.

[–] phx 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, certain areas of Canada may be more racist than certain areas of the US, and certainly racist in different ways towards different cultures, but it's pretty hard to compare to the deep south where in some places they'd happily bring back slavery if they had the opportunity to do so.

[–] jerkface 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Any stark difference that you can see is projection. We're peas in a pod.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Similar yes. Different, also yes.

We simply don’t have the same ingrained prejudices that America has. Ours are different and I would argue less so. After all we don’t have politicians that would openly state that slavery benefitted black people.