The plank in your own eye

Vincent J. Curtis

12 May 21

RE: We must do more to fight anti-Asian racism.  Hamilton Spectator op-ed of today.

There is much evidence to support K’Annan K’Annan’s belief that white people are benighted and stupid; but most are not so stupid that they can’t distinguish among Chinese, Indian, Arab, Afghan, and Russian.  All of these are Asian; and so when (K\Annan)² speaks of “anti-Asian” racism, he should be more specific.  One question (K’Annan)² should have answered, but didn’t, is why, if Canada is so rife with intolerable anti-Asian racism, he’s still here in Canada, working as a researcher in a law firm?

Could it be that the racism in Asia towards other Asians is worse than the anti-Asian racism in Canada?  China is the most racist country on earth.  Look at what the Chinese government is doing to its Uyghur minority, its aggression against India, and new hostility towards Nepal.  India is rife not only with classism, but with religious strife between Hindu and Moslem.  Look at what Burma did to its Rohingya minority.  The list goes on.

Concerned with the speck in Canada’s eye, (K’Annan)² misses the plank in his.  The theme of “anti-Asian” racism was fomented by China to deflect attention from the fact that the global pandemic started after a lab worker at the Wuhan Institute of Virology became infected and spread the virus to the community.

Nobody’s perfect.  A newcomer ought to be grateful for the opportunities he got in Canada, accepting the good with the bad.  If we’re that bad – he can go home!

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