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    [–]radicalcentristNational Centrism[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    Despite what the media says, Black Canadians are still a very small part of the population. 4% of the total population at max.

    However, they are the LOUDEST group who receive a disproportionate amount of attention. For example, the government buys them houses, even when the market is unaffordable for everyone...

    https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/feds-commit-10-million-to-help-200-black-families-in-gta-buy-their-first-home-1.5786938

    They also get their crimes dropped because of their skin color:

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-sentencing-guidelines-to-be-exported-across-canada-1.6151643

    [–]EthnocratArcheofuturist 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    4% in a matter of years is a lot. A few years ago it was 0.4%.