Congrats on an excellent post, Jo! One vivid memory I have from when I arrived in Australia was a teacher asking the whole class what they thought were the typical physical straits of an Australian. Without any hesitation, protest, question for clarification, etc, most of the people in the class said blonde & blue-eyed.
Actually, I have to admit that Australia is the only place in the world where I haven't experienced any racism at all. Other immigrants that I have met, though, have much different experiences...
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We have similar discussions about what it means to be "Canadian".
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Some days we just need to be reminded that such people still exist. Thanks for an inspirational post.
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