Canada se vinde (si multi cumpara ideea) ca un rai multietnic unde toti traiesc fericiti si-n concubinaj, inclusiv Tom si Jerry. Realitatea nu-i foarte departe de reclama, dar exista si exceptii si-aici prezint cateva.
Am scris articoul asta mai demult, pe fuga, motiv pentru care am revenit asupra lui si l-am rescris. In versiunea initiala, incepeam cu Vic, care pomenea de un articol aparut mai demult in Toronto Star, claxoneaza daca urasti tiganii.
'Charge Skinheads in Anti-Gypsy March,' Jewish Group Urges
By Maureen Murry, Toronto Star, 28 August 1997
28 August 1997 (Toronto Star): A Jewish group is calling on police to charge skinheads who organized a protest against Gypsy refugee claimants staying at a Scarborough motel.
Metro police said...they are considering whether charges should be laid in the incident, which occurred Tuesday afternoon in front of the Lido Motel on Kingston Rd. near Lawrence Ave. E.
Bernie Farber, spokesperson for the Canadian Jewish Congress, said he can't understand why the skinheads weren't arrested during the protest.
"Here you had a group of hate-mongers carrying Nazi flags and signs saying: 'Honk If You Hate Gypsies.'
"Can you imagine what would have been the reaction if they had been carrying signs saying: 'Honk If You Hate Blacks' or 'Honk If You Hate Jews'?"
"If Canada's hate crime laws were written for anything, (they were) written for this."
The skinheads, some wearing scarves over their faces, shouted, "Out, Gypsies, Out!" and carried flags of the Confederacy and another with an Iron Cross and Nazi swastika.
B'Nai Brith Canada...issued a statement yesterday condemning the protest and offering assistance to the "victims of this demonstration of hate."
Farber said he finds it unbelievable...police at the scene did nothing but observe the situation while staying between the sidewalk marchers and the Gypsy families.
Controversy has been stirred up since a wave of Gypsy families began coming to Canada from the Czech Republic after an Aug. 6 airing there of a television documentary, which portrayed Canada as a land of opportunity where it was easy to settle as a refugee.
The families have been staying at the motel while their refugee claims are being processed.
Constable Devin Keaaley of the police media relations department said the incident is being investigated by 42 Division's street crime unit as well as the police hate crime unit.
Articolul sugereaza ca antiziganismul este cel putin la fel de impamantenit aici ca prin alte parti, cum ar fi Europa. Dar Canada are de fapt, ca si US, o lunga traditie in domeniul discriminarii.
Putini stiu de pilda ca pana prin 1921 puteai sa emigrezi in State fara nici un fel de act. Treptat, tot felul de legi au fost facute in efortul de a curba emigratia indezirabila, si-n special cea chineza, culminand cu introducerea in Canada a unui "head tax", o taxa de imigrare aplicata numai chinezilor. Taxa pe cap de chinez a fost introdusa in Canada in 1885 la $50, ajungand in 1900 la $500, echivalentul a salariului pe 2 ani la acea vreme (sau cat 2 case-n Montreal). Intrucat taxele mergeau intru fond administrat de guvern, iar chinezii la vremea aceea nu aveau drept de vot, aceasta insemna practic "taxare fara reprezentare", motivul oficial al razboiului american de independenta. Legea imigratiei din 1923 interzicea nu numai chinezilor-cetateni sa calce-n Canada, dar pana si etnicilor chinezi cu cetatenie britanica. Au existat legi care limitau accesul si altor minoritati vizibile intr-o masura mult mai mare decat europenilor. Legea asta a fost abrogata abia dupa al doilea razboi mondial, cand atrocitatile naziste au devenit cunoscute si multi canadieni au pierit luptand impotriva lor. De-atunci, Canada a adoptat o atitudine din ce in ce mai progresista. Lester B. Pearson (aeroportul din Toronto) a eliminat ultimele limite pe baza de etnicitate sau provenienta din legislatia canadiana, Canada devenind una dintre (daca nu cea mai) cele mai primitoare tari din lume, judecand dupa volumul de imigranti raportat la populatia existenta. Fara imigratie, populatia canadiana ar scade cam ca cea a Romaniei, iar impactul imigratiei asupra economiei este si el major.
Urmatorul episod este "excluderea indezirabililor".
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