Wow! I thought I was the lone voice in the wilderness about this. I have been called all sorts because I am a black African immigrant that is anti-mass immigration and anti-effacing of what it means to be Canadian. Well done my Naija sister for this thought-provoking piece.
With additional bonus of presentation of alternative explanations.
I think it's out of fashion nowadays (likely due to identarian obsessions) to say that people might seek and appreciate better ("better"?) cultures. I'm white and EE so I'm culturally permitted to say this in the UK (as are, incidentally, Americans who move here for preference) but the race/post colonial/post imperial discourse makes it hard to voice such ideas in many cases.
And I'm not by any means against immigration or cultural diversity. But just as OP's sources, I want THIS PLACE to change at sustainable pace and absorb rather than be turned inside out by rapidly shifting cultural demographics.
Really good this! Summarises emotive arguments well and fits in all the different viewpoints well, many of them if not heard argued before.
Agreed. Grateful to @theruffian for sign posting to this thought provoking piece.
Wow! I thought I was the lone voice in the wilderness about this. I have been called all sorts because I am a black African immigrant that is anti-mass immigration and anti-effacing of what it means to be Canadian. Well done my Naija sister for this thought-provoking piece.
Excellent. And so obvious.
With additional bonus of presentation of alternative explanations.
I think it's out of fashion nowadays (likely due to identarian obsessions) to say that people might seek and appreciate better ("better"?) cultures. I'm white and EE so I'm culturally permitted to say this in the UK (as are, incidentally, Americans who move here for preference) but the race/post colonial/post imperial discourse makes it hard to voice such ideas in many cases.
And I'm not by any means against immigration or cultural diversity. But just as OP's sources, I want THIS PLACE to change at sustainable pace and absorb rather than be turned inside out by rapidly shifting cultural demographics.
Thank you! This paired well with this article I just read: https://open.substack.com/pub/amirpars/p/farewell-sweden-my-beloved-country?r=h45pb&utm_medium=ios