I would like to begin by saying that I enjoy having a mix of people around. Next i wanted to say that sometimes people begin seeing things the way that they do because they have been conditioned to see things that way. When something is constantly being pointed out over and over you begin to see it too. Maybe you would not have seen these things otherwise. people become prone to seeing sterotypical behaviour.
Thirdly.....Where i have an issue is not ethnicity or culture that stuff is great...My backgound is Italian and when my family came here it was a disgrace to have an "Italian" move in next to you....my mother keeps telling me that she would not even eat her lunch at school becuase it was not made on "english" bread and having a sandwich on a "pannino" was embarassing. she went home and begged her mother (my grandmather) to buy sliced bread for her lunch....so although being Italian is acceptable now it was not then..........now back to my point....What is disappointing is when you have people of a certain culture (and this happens in many different cultures)who congregate in a place and create thier own little world, they do not veer from this place, they dont learn the language etc. what i mean is i dont care where your ethnicity lies but if you come to Canada in search of a better life then i think that it is important to learn to speak the language and do whatever else needed to to embrace Canadian culture and try your best to be productive in society(although hard sometimes). IM NOT SAYING FORGET ABOUT YOUR OWN CULTURE......but embrace both.....I personally dont like hearing people complain about Canada and how bad it is....and if it is so bad then maybe comming was not such a good idea.....and again...
this goes for all cultures and ethnicities....
On the flip side....I like seeing different ways of doing things and speaking to people who come from different places it makes life interesting.
Cant we all be prous of our homes and cultures and get along.........not everyone in any group is bad....and all groups have bad people in them....generalizations are not the answer......