Found some interesting info. anyone have information? http://mychoicetolove.com/article.php?articleID=8 http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2007/01/15/3383415.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0lf_f1p3gM
Nice place to live, but it's no different than what you can get here in regards to interracial romances. Then again, there's a lesser African population in Canada which would explain the lesser interracial romances, though black Canadians are instrumental in the arts, politics, etc...
She and others will arrive. Canada is a good place to visit and live if you like depending you have a job there.
well...i was talking to a ukrainian woman who lives in Toronto with her husbandand she told me straight up that she sees ALOT of canadian ww with bm. i also heard that there is a growin population of russian/ukranians settling in Canada. Is that true? do i have incorrect info?
Canadians are generally very open to IR. There's tonnes of immigrants from Russia/Ukraine so save your money fellas and just come to Canada lol. My home city seems to be half populated by Ukrainian folks. My home city also has a decent population of immigrants from the Ivory Coast and other French speaking African nations. In fact, my last French instructor was from Africa as were most of the people working at La Cite Francophone. We don't have the racial hangups that some Americans do, so marrying someone of another ethnicity or of the same sex is no big deal. I love Canada, can't wait to get back
Canada is too damn cold. I have to attend a conference in Montreal and i am dreading it, i just cant stand the cold in the west despite spending half my life in the west.
Where is your home town? i need to learn more about canada, real estate over there, which are the nice/cities areas as opposed to the not so nice areas. do you have any suggestions on forums where i can talk to canadians about their environment. its alot to figure out. Because i am in college now and i'm a computer science major and i'm looking at my options. i'm an adventurous type person. i figure if i can identify the right place/environment and start a career in the right place -- i figure i will be good to go!
My city's changed pretty dramatically in the last few years. While the population used to be 98% white (number from the census in 2004... with no visible difference when I left for school in 2008). When I was home for the summer, BOOM! Much more diversity than before. Figured it was in just my city, but when I went home to the 3000 population town I grew up in I've seen at least 2-3 IR couples there. Could be home visiting like me... but that was definitely a first. I don't think that people really care about IR back home in the eastern part of Canada, since the population's only starting to become more diverse... the people probably wouldn't seek out an IR but they wouldn't look down upon it either. I've always gotten stares though when I was with my (black) ex in the mall... that was probably from the combination of being IR AND using sign language though.
hmmm...very interesting. i will defintely check out canada and talk to more people. Maybe even black-ameicans who have settled there. well...i'm not saying that canada is a perfect place. But seriously...i live in washington DC...and there is just things that i really getting sick of. and i must take action . i have to begin to take the right steps and make my social landscape better. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yveGB1VGGB8 and when i talk to other black men that live in areas of the USA where there is a black middle class. i notice the same situations and same bullshit. And i feel the need to distance myself from it. i don't mean to but down my own race but there are negative influences within african-american culture. I'm a black American man. and society has an expectation, as well as peers,family has an idea (stereotype) of how you are supposed to behave and act as a man. And when you do not follow this sterero-type alot of times you are ostracized and beat down emotionally. verbally abused. you get called names. and people just decide that you're the worst. you become a glutton for punishment. people try to get inside my head and make me hate myself. When i was a kid, it was hard but i'm alot stronger now as a person. and i accept that it does not matter how nice, good and friendly i am the fact is that i'm disliked. There is something about me that gets under a person's skin. and they decide in their mind that they "hate" me. So that hate/dislike is tension building up in that person. So when a misunderstanding happens. That hatred towards me erupts like volcano. in my city/environment with other black americans and other races as well - the black man who can live the bad boy life style (undercover) but who can put an expensive suit on a go into the conference room and negotiate business deals and make money is the person who everybody likes and loves. it doesn't matter how much of an asshole or bad person he really is. this saying i picked up applies. "its okay to cruel as long as your are cool!" Alot of middle class black men have this problem. And i am determined to be different and better. i think 50 cent is a good example. He's lived the bad boy life style. and while respect the fact that he is from the ghetto and he came from noting but he is a bad person. sure he is COOL. but he is a bad guy. but now whenever we see him he always has an expensive suit on in a conference room. i recently saw him on the cover of a finance magazine with suspenders and everything. And so very many middle class black men who have decent careers want to imitate this image. and i'm tired of complaining. i need to take action and try to get away from all this. i don't hate rap music. but i think the whole bad boy concept the rap/hip hop rojects has had an impact on overall society. Not even in america. i think the best example is the movie series "step up". women are NOT attracted to nice men who are masculine who have style and some class and a sense of humor. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HoE8qDb0QM basically each film is a modern day hip hop rap music version of dirty dancing. its like dirty dancing with partrick swayze but on steroids basically. the plot in each film is simple, A nice girl with an attitude wants to go to the ghetto/hood and dance with a thug on the dance floor and fall in love. basically if you look at the film and the way they market each film (there are 4 step up movies) - its aimed at women. those are the people that buy movie tickets to see these films. And its just me general feeling by listening to women of different age ranges from different cities and countries about what turns them on and excites them. so i have been looking at europe alot. But maybe the right part of canada could work for me. hmmm...i wonder seeing this interview here with black canadians and the difference between themselves and black americans make me believe i can find some happiness and acceptance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0lf_f1p3gM
It would be a good idea to step away from popular culture in the form of music videos, movies and YouTube and move towards actually experiencing these different places. Take a trip to Montreal (not too far from DC). Enjoy a week there, then try out Toronto for a week. I bet you'll love it. I'm from the west, my province is Alberta. There's not a lot of BM there, and the ones I've met all speak French as their first language which is very nice. Get your passport, book a flight and a hostel in a city in Canada, and go.
those are great suggestions. i'm serious. i really will do that. Just to see what its like up there. Montreal and Toronto you say? any specific parts of montreal and Toronto? i'm busy with school right now and unfortunately (for one more year--i live with family). but as soon as my schedule opens up and things are settled and i have some space and money saved up. i will make it happen. as for music videos, movies and youtube comment. well...i know that you mean well..really. i'm sure you mean well. but you are not an african-american black man. And you seem like a nice person however american society beats black men like me down. i have issues with other races as well because they expect me be like those images i just shared. The successful classy black businessman with money who is in reality a undercover rapper/thug with tatoos under his dresshirt. so when they see that i play the violin and that i'm a painter and that i read and have deep thoughts about life and that i'm good with a computer and have a future too. people are SHOCKED. so while i'll admit that i'm sensitive...i deserve to have a place that i can call home. so very many people want to see us black men as the way we are portrayed in films and music. those images are so strong and powerful. And so very many men reinforce those stereotypes that they can't see black men any other way. the black men i see around me now. my classmates at the business school i attend. (howard university) -- my own father. and just the overall culture. i'm tired of pretending like i actually enjoy basketball and football just to have a social krutch to have with the other black men around me. have a look at films like and you will see what i'm talking about. "white men can't jump" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n3p6KSVcN8&feature=related "he got game" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr4G3h6UA4A "any given sunday" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNFft6r6Des i hate those sports because of what they represent to black men. i really hate them with a passion and i always will. have a look at the ice cube documentary about the connection between gangsta rap music and football. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zWtQFAwvZ0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKixZLNqY2o i'm tired of having to "show" people that i'm different all the time. and then when they see that i am different. I still face rejection. and these images impact black men in other countries too. because america is seen as a rich country and black men in other parts of the world try to imitate this image that the black athletes and rappers portray. i have seen this with my own eyes. its not just about music vidoes, youtube, and popular culture and just walking away from it. i'm different from the herd but i'm next to the herd unfortunately (temporarily). you have no idea or any conception of the what its like to deal with being an outcast in your own family / community just because you're an artistic / nice guy. and not having the (financial resources) to exit yourself out of that situation and tolerating it for most of one's life. i merely post those videos / images so that you can SEE and get an idea of what i deal with. You might think that its easy to get up and walk away and reinvent oneself and start over from scratch- and i want to do that and will. But it's not easy.
A lot of dudes here should take that advice! i have some experience with Canadian girls, my girlfriend is Canadian aswell, i can tell you, her family is alright with us, her friends just love me and etc just don`t be a douchebag and you are safe.
You are correct on every point, I'm not American nor a Black Man. I don't have an inside track on what is happening in your life and I can only respond through my filter of being. I see you play the violin, you paint, you read, and have deep thoughts - I feel that's amazing, attractive and wonderful. You DO have a future. I'm sincere when I suggest a hostel (you'll meet a ton of people that way), Montreal (goooooorgeous open minded women EVERYWHERE) or Toronto (IR all over the place, a huge Caribbean population and simply tons of openness to BM/WW relationships). In fact I was recently reminded that the only way to stand out in Toronto is to be a transgendered man with a transgendered woman. Everything has been there, done that. lol I can't suggest specific areas in either city but I've spent time in both and feel very certain that you'll enjoy them with some exploration. I wish you luck JTodd If it makes you feel better, I have gotten up and completely reinvented myself, so I know of what I speak....
well...those are good suggestions. in my experience with vacationing in other environments. i can go the tourist route. or i can make friends for example, I have some ukraine and russian female friends i talk to on the internet. and they continue to ask me when i will visit them. so with them i can avoid the tourist traps and the non-sense and have fun. i think it can be a bad idea to just MEET people who i don't know. i have to find a creative way to attract a certain type of people (women) and maybe become apart of something thru the internet or thru some other means first and so on first and show everyone that i'm a good person first. but good thanks (montral and toronto) -- i'll do some research.
JTodd,are you seriously want to live in Canada? If so your knoledge will be helpful since it shows reliability. Stereotypes would not pay the rent on a flat, a good job will and with that education you will go places.
Jtodd,if you have those Eastern European women make sure you either have a wingman or have them as wingchicks.
