China’s 1 Percent Flock to Canada

Re:China’s 1 Percent Flock to Canada by plg on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @08:52AM (#11479049)

I went to school with kids from HK who arrived and didn't speak English very well. After a short time their English improved substantially, and after a couple of years, frankly, many of them could write essays with better grammar than many of the caucasian native English speakers in the class.

Instead of criticizing immigrants for being different, how about we welcome them, support them, and make a better home for everyone.

Part of the reason it appears that they don't want to "integrate" is because so many people around them are instantly hostile.

Be welcoming and you will be surprised at what you will learn about the world (and about yourself).

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Re:China’s 1 Percent Flock to Canada by middleclick on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @09:02AM (#11479127)

I am the product of immigration as well so I am not sure how anything I said makes it seem like I was not welcoming. Pointing out that there are issues with integration is not the same thing as being a racist. Has our discourse come to a level that one can't even talk about these things?

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Re:China’s 1 Percent Flock to Canada by kspaans on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @09:15AM (#11479232)

    Pointing out that there are issues with integration
    is not the same thing as being a racist

It's interesting to note that @plg didn't use the word "racist".

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Re:China’s 1 Percent Flock to Canada by jmorphy88 on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @09:26AM (#11479329)

No, but plg did refer to the locals as "caucasians" before calling them hostile and unwelcoming.

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