Comment 113956

By mike (registered) | Posted September 24, 2015 at 12:59:03 in reply to Comment 96178

I'm also a non-white who moved to Oshawa in 2007 when house prices were just starting to rise and I'm so glad I got in the market early. My neighborhood was made up of all white people but they were so accepting. We regularly had gatherings out on our street or picnics in each others yards. I did not experience racism in my neighborhood but my children did experience a little bit of it in their first year of school. It was non-existent in high school, maybe because my kids friends were all white. Most of my social interactions were also with white people when I learned to play hockey, sailing, astronomy, french language, and motorcycle riding. Last year, I moved to an older neighborhood just 5 minutes away, and within 2 weeks, 5 of my neighbours had approached me to introduce themselves and to welcome me to the neighborhood. I did not experience any racism but I wouldn't say it does not exist.

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