obviously, i assume they are just as racist but just present differently, but is it polite racism like in the south, or more aggressive like the north east. what about anti antisemitism?
As far as antisemitism goes, I’ve experienced tons of it in the US. Both the polite confusion and the violent “crash your car into another car while you’re standing halfway out your window so you can scream slurs at a pedestrian” kind.
Here in Canada, the only antisemitism I’ve experienced has been “wait da joos are just normal people and not universally cartoon supervillains?” type shit from new Ukrainian immigrants in the past 2 years so
Ime it is genuinely significantly less racist. Now, it’s still very racist though just because the bar is so low in America
It’s mostly polite racism in the urban centers. Rarely aggressive in the more rural areas. Much less anti-semitism
Most racism here is against immigrants (particularly Indians), indigenous people, and foreigners (particularly Chinese people)
There’s very few black and Hispanic people compared to the US but it’s still a lot better for them, according to friends/ex’s. Way less unhappy stares and avoiding them in public
In general though the specific forms racism takes place is literally the exact same in America. Black and Arab people are aggressive and scary, East + South Asians are meek, deceiving, and an invading horde, indigenous and SEAsians are dirty and criminals, etc.
The worst thing about Canada is that racism against Indian immigrants and Chinese people used to be way better, but only because there were way less of the former and the latter weren’t perceived as an existential threat yet
In my experience, they are way more racist towards indigenous people than Americans I’ve come across, but less (outwardly) racist towards other brown people. Like they still largely believe the same racist BS Americans do, but seem less sure of it, but indigenous people are a constant reminder of white Canadians’ failures at building a good society. The latter being more subconscious. I’ve seen a lot more outwardly racist speech, graffiti, framing etc towards indigenous people than any other group. It’s the only group that, as a white guy, other white people (strangers) will sort of casually talk racist trash with you and expect you to be on the same page. In the states, white people will do that about any non-white group in my experience. But I’m in a rural province. WMMV on the coasts, where I hear the anti-asian racism is more prominent.
