I'm actually not surprised to hear that Canada has its own racial issues. The world has shrunk drastically in the last 100yrs, and consequently, the roll of government has become rather universal. However, I wonder if you can relate to this... By mere virtue of being white, and born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1966, I've been an assumed racist all my life. I'm really not exaggerating. I had the benefit of a military upbringing, I've lived all over the US literally from coast to coast and South to North. Everywhere "This kid" went with his thick southern accent, I was stigmatized and degraded by racial stereotype; Especially in California, Boston, and Philadelphia.

Every country has racial issues, Canada being no different. We just didn't have significant minorities in our population base until probably the 1960/70's which, IMO allowed white folks to decide what was best for said minorities. Google Africville Halifax (Wiki) and you'll get an eye opener as to how we demonstrated our racist tendencies.
In no way can I ever relate to your experience but perhaps your civil struggle in the 1800"s created generational indoctrination and stereotyping of all people from the south. I believe that those who degraded you were, in fact, the real racist because racism is about ethnic superiority. The accent would tip them off. .... episode 3 to follow

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