Roger's comment

January 13, 2010 at 6:08 pm, Roger commented on the article “Too many immigrants” on Chinese in Vancouver (4 Oct 08):


Ms Canadian Girl Please read my comments before you resort to your “I am a stranger in my own land ” lament.

The point is do you have a right to lament and second is whether you need to lament?

Native Indians are the true owners of this land mass called Canada, is this not true? If so they should be lamenting over the loss of their lands and waters and look at what the white men have done to the environment and all that.

Is there a need to lament? The answer is no this country is firmly in the hands of the white ruling class. That will never change because white people will never give up control over key areas of government and industry. You need not lament or worry. What are a few chinatowns or indiantowns here and there amount to? If their existence bothers you there are still many neighborhoods in vancouver where your neighbours are as white as you. Again no worries here. Besides these Asians are mostly Canadian citizens so theorectically they have as much right as you to call this place their home and if Canada is not as white as you like it to be, it is still Canada you know, inhabitated by Canadians.

SN your analysis misses the point. There is no need for assimilation if you are the invading foreign powers. they were there to colonize and takeover other peoples’ countries. Immigrants are here to work and contribute to Canada so they are not really our guests. They are our invited workers. We expect them to be on their best behavior. But the law can only go as far as kicking them out if they become criminals. The law does not go as far as kicking them out if they do not work hard enough or speak enough English and all that. Although people like Canadian Girl may want this to happen if she lets her fear gets the better of her.

Canadian Girl if I were you I would not be as paranoid as you are about too many Asians showing their faces in public and giving you a mouthfull of their native dialects. This is still very much a white world. Do not let a few loud Asians unsettle you. Which is truer you being a stranger in your “own” land or they being an outcast in their ” new” country?? If this country belongs to them as well then why are they feeling they do not fit in??