The subtle prejudices that seep into newspaper and magazine articles.....

[marmar]

take a look at this excerpt from a New York Times travel piece on Toronto today:



By DENNY LEE
Published: May 17, 2009

AS one of the planet’s most diverse cities, Toronto is oddly clean and orderly. Sidewalks are spotless, trolleys run like clockwork, and the locals are polite almost to a fault. That’s not to say that Torontonians are dull. Far from it. With a population that is now half foreign-born — fueled by growing numbers of East Indians, Chinese and Sri Lankans — the lakeside city offers a kaleidoscope of world cultures. Sing karaoke in a Vietnamese bar, sip espresso in Little Italy and catch a new Bollywood release, all in one night. The art and design scenes are thriving, too, and not just on the bedazzled red carpets of the Toronto International Film Festival, held every September. Industrial zones have been reborn into gallery districts, and dark alleys now lead to designer studios, giving Canada’s financial capital an almost disheveled mien. .........more at http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/05/17/travel/17hours.html?hpw

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The implication, to me anyway, is that diversity is inherently unclean and disorderly. And I read something similar in another publication, "despite its multicultural population, Toronto is relatively crime-free".......
Naturally, I fired off angry emails. I'm just disgusted that this shite gets past editors. :mad:

[Darth_Kitten]

1. It's just typical ignorance about Canada........

been there, done that. :)

[Captain Hilts]

3. A neighbor's mother told me that the CN tower was the tallest free-standing structure in the US

I was impressed!

[Captain Hilts]

2. I noticed that too when I read the article!!! I spend a lot of time in 'Tee Oh' and Washington DC.