The numbe of races of people around the globe is stagering. Lanugages, dialects they come and go without many of us even knowing it, even with the internet. I heard on the news this morning that Canada is going to lose about 40 languages.
Ah, wait a minute, 40 languages?! Where did they come from? Well the native americans have their own dialect and because they are dying out the language isn't being passed on.
You'd think that the internet would lend itself to broaden peoples horizon and perspective on multiculturalism, yet there is still so much ignorance through the internet. Perhaps more than anything else, the internet hasn't made people more aware of how they should be accepting, but rather its given them a platform to express their racist and narrow minded views.
Case in point: A friend of mine put together a music video capturing the essence of Canada. Entiteld "Canadian, Please"
This great video, which has now recieved almost 3/4 of a million views received great comments of praise, and well shall we say "other" comments.
In response to the "other" comments, the video creator decided to do a little follow up:
So we need to recognize, that with e-business and being online, there is more to consider than our front door, and we need to step out of the proverbial back yard and embrace differences and diversity.
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This is really interesting. Great video and great rebuttal - really should the Canadian humour. It's unfortunate that people can be so narrow minded though.
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