Allan:
There are some micro-parallels between Canada and the US:
Toronto is the closest thing to Canada’s version of New York City. Yonge & Dundas is the closest thing that Canada has to Times Square.
Vancouver is Canada’s version of San Francisco
Calgary is Canada’s version of Houston (or Dallas).
But there is no parallel with the US Deep South.
There is racism in Canada which is directly proportional to the systemic influence of Christianity in each respective area. It exists yes, but there is an order of magnitude difference in the respective influence on the surrounding cultures.
There has also never been a civil war in Canada…..ultimately for the same reasons. There has never been an organized terrorist entity such as the KKK in Canada. Some might argue there is a parallel with the FLQ, but that was not based on race, and it can be argued the FLQ was a carry-over from hundreds of years of political conflict between the English and French, even though ironically, the one group of people who are more intolerant of the Quebecois today than the English, are the French (of 🇫🇷). Life is stranger than fiction.
The two countries have parallel histories with European settlers displacing native people, and both countries have blood on their hands; however, again there is an order of magnitude difference in the atrocities that were committed.
Slaves fled the US to come to Canada. There is no region of Canada that actually believes visible minorities should be slaves.
Dwight Yokam
