tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799344768425117304.post6333724503654767360..comments2009-08-24T20:01:39.841+08:00Karl Zadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05804812920516358106noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799344768425117304.post-43120999169208463042009-08-24T20:01:39.841+08:002009-08-24T20:01:39.841+08:00Jules, you are not being critical. I'm a brazilian who grew up in the states since I was 12 like her in Canada, I'm just as an american as any other Joe! Comments like those just shows how ignorant people still are on this Earth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799344768425117304.post-81894326674047378772009-08-24T12:32:29.647+08:002009-08-24T12:32:29.647+08:00Well most-recent-Anonymous - I dont think that anyone was saying you arent Canadian, unless maybe the Anonymous before you who thinks that only people born in Canada should represent the country. What the first two people seem to be saying is that it makes no sense to continually point out people as not being "pure Canadian" since - aside from Aboriginal people - everyone here is an immigrant/settler-colonizer. "Canadian" is a political construct in a way that say - English, French or Irish identities - are not. Those countries are occupied and controlled by the very people who have lived there for thousands of years - in "Canada" the people who have been here for thousands of years are denied control of their lands and their communities by (mostly) people of European descent, who, having violently wrested control of land (and children - think of the residential schools) created the concept of "Canada" as a cover story. One that almost everyone has bought. Anyways - if we have to have it, it pleases me to see the concept of "Canadian" stop being so euro-centric and white supremacist.unnamedlawstudenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09607524553025817353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799344768425117304.post-42940539547535143292009-08-21T12:04:13.143+08:002009-08-21T12:04:13.143+08:00I just reread the comments preceding my own and I am now just getting that they are saying that I am not a true Canadian. I have to totally disagree with that. I do not have direct First Nations descendants, but I could not begin to think how far back my European descendants go. I am Canadian.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799344768425117304.post-905404943695811972009-08-21T11:58:20.466+08:002009-08-21T11:58:20.466+08:00I have to say...I was shocked when I was just watching etalk news tonight. I never follow this stuff...but...someone who was not born in Canada is Miss Canada??? I do not get that! She most definitely is very beautiful...but...come on now...she was not even born in this country! I totally believe that the first true Canadians are the First Nations Peoples, but I myself could not even come to close to tracing my ancestors back to anywhere but Canada. Being born in Canada means that you are Canadian...first. I do not believe that someone who is not born in our wonderful country should be representing our wonderful country in a universal pageant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799344768425117304.post-39790276442599943172009-08-20T22:26:32.794+08:002009-08-20T22:26:32.794+08:00I agree with Jules. I myself, though born in Canada over 30 years ago, am not "pure Canadian" because my ancestors are not from Canada. Anyone who is a Canadian citizen is as "pure Canadian" as anyone else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799344768425117304.post-69915823531984910802009-08-08T14:27:45.711+08:002009-08-08T14:27:45.711+08:00I don't mean to be critical, but the only "pure Canadians" in Canada are the First Nations people. Canada, like the U.S., is a country built on immigrants. In the past, most immigrants came from Great Britain and the rest of Europe. In recent years, immigration from Africa, Latin America and Asia has increased. Just because someone is of Chinese or Russian or Iranian heritage, it doesn't mean they aren't a "true" Canadian. Canada is a country that embraces people from all over the world.Juleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12559427015011485514noreply@blogger.com