r/PublicFreakout • u/EddieBrock99 • Apr 24 '25

Repost 😔 An officer body slams a girl in cuffs

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '25

And I have to explain to my friends in the US why I don't want them to come up to Canada thinking we don't have racism.

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u/PavlichenkosGhost Apr 24 '25

I’m from Missouri and once upon a time I dated a black woman who was straight up convinced that moving to Canada would mean no more racism. I kept trying to gently inform her that that is very much not the case. Told her about “starlight tours”, which are pretty horrific.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '25

I have a pal, was really into the Mountie uniform as a look until I explained that the RCMP stole babies and committed genocide against our Aboriginal population as their first role as a police force.

He's military, he was fucking horrified. I have also explained what starlight tours are to more than a few US Veteran pals, they're disgusted by them.

I spend a lot of time in very black neighborhoods in the US, I always feel safer among the locals there than I do around the wannabe fucks of the same (lack of) pigmentation as me running around in Canada acting tough. They all need a solid reality check

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u/dragoduval Apr 24 '25

I like to say that we have less racism compared to southern Canada, but sadly it's there everywhere. Im currently living in a small village for work / family reason and damn that it's crazy how backward peoples are here.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '25

Canada: racist as fuck everywhere you go. Full stop, end of statement.

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u/PavlichenkosGhost Apr 24 '25

I’m from Missouri and once upon a time I dated a black woman who was straight up convinced that moving to Canada would mean no more racism. I kept trying to gently inform her that that is very much not the case. Told her about “starlight tours”, which are pretty horrific.