Do Businesses Have the Right to Refuse Service Based on Moral/Religious Objections?

[DapperButch]

Originally Posted by betenoire

But I don't think you can say "Canada has less POC ergo less racial tension". And the reason that I say/know this is because where I grew up (Toronto) things were pretty smooth. I wasn't witness to people walking around scared, or angry....

But the town I live in now is not like that. White people say the craziest shit when they think nobody is listening, seriously. For white Canadians it seems like the less contact we have with POC the more xenophobic we get.

Right. Usually the greater the level of contact between ourselves and people that differ from us in some way (sexual orientation, race), the lower the discrimination. So, it makes sense to me that Toronto would have less racism and there would be more racism in an area that has a lower number of POCs.

It is actually interesting to me b/c I have always assumed that Canada was more diverse than us, and that this was the reason there is less racism. But, I guess if it is actually accurate (less racism?), it is just ANOTHER case of you guys being a rockin' place to live!