Thursday, August 30, 2007

Leave Your Label Maker In The Desk Drawer

Kate has posted an interesting question put forward by Mark Collins about the ethnic diversity of our armed forces and I don't think bringing up the matter warrants some discussion without being labelled a bigot, etc. I found some of the comments put forward by representatives of different ethnic groups interesting.......

At a Vancouver Sikh temple, a group of devotees were in unison – “we did not come to Canada to fight”.

“No way.. I brought my sons here so they did not have to join the national draft,” said a South Korean businessman.

......and it begs the question who will defend the country in the future.

"Why are all the Canadian soldiers being killed in Afghanistan white?"

Where are our new Canadians from China, India, Japan, Korea, the Philippines and the rest of Asia?

Sixty four of the 66 Canadian military personnel killed in Afghanistan since the start of the mission in 2002 are white Canadians. The other two are black Canadians.

There is something not right with this picture.

Walk in downtown Vancouver, Toronto or Montreal and you will be greeted with a glorious mosaic of cultures, mingling and mixing, sharing and caring, fighting for and defending all things Canadian.

Look at the queue of soldiers heading into a Hercules transport bound for Afghanistan - it is overwhelmingly white and male.

This stark contrast clearly illustrates that visible minorities are vastly under-represented in the Canadian Armed Forces.


Indeed. Read the rest.

Via Mark Collins

4 comments:

The Skinny said...

I'm guessing you fired off quite the letter to Harper in regards to the compensation given to Chinese immigrants for the head tax.

After watching the liberals play the immigrant card and listening to the hollering from conservatives for it, seeing the conservatives do it too must be a bitch.

Unhypentated Canadian said...

Show me one word in the posting that refers to any of the political parties so your tirade against the conservatives and the liberals makes no sense.

I believe the postings have more to do with an observation, which is supported by the figures, that considering the diversity of the country the number of visible minorities, for the present anyway, in the military is less than would be expected.

Get back on topic this is not tcm.

The Skinny said...

off topic?

And where did I disagree with any of the figures?

So then, alright, my apologies. if I'm off topic, what is the point, beyond a 'simple observation'?

The Skinny said...

so much for discussion.

A new found power to censor any comment that might contain something you dislike?

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