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    posted by  Amit Khan in Germany forum 

    Racism or racist activities do not arise due to an individual’s or a group of people’s mentality. I think it’s the society in general that has the power to increase or decrease racism toward visible minorities. I live in Canada and I am Indian. I live here since I was 10 years old, I have friends from all continents and it never bothered them or me. Everyone in Canada is treated with respect and is allowed to carry out their individual religious duties in peace. Christians attend EID festivals (Muslim festival) and Muslim attends Christmas parties.

    I think a lot has to do with employment rate. If everyone has job, then they will be too tired to blame others for their misfortune. Moreover, the government needs to intervene to reduce racism. Lot of good things can come from migrants, if you know how to use it right. For example, eastern America has a lot of Italian and Irish decedents, and they helped build cities and nation like no other (maybe ignorant from time to time but still they flourished in their own respect). The horrific racist activities are mostly carried out by locals who are unemployed and lack higher education.

    Mind you, I have faced racism here too but as soon as you protest the racist become quite defensive because you can take legal actions here (and they are taken quite seriously, someone can easily be fired over a racist comment).

    Once I faced a racist comment from a tourist from France. However, very respectfully (without swearing) I was able to make them understand that this is Canada, and such shit doesn’t work here and if they do not turn off their racist nature, they can get to some serious trouble either with other locals or authorities (she and her husband then both apologised). I was able to fight back because I belong to this community and culture, for someone who is new to a country would be quite hesitant to speak out and this allows racism to increase as there are no consequences.

    To conclude, it is up to the government to eradicate racism.

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