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occidentalcapital said:
Count me out on that type of language. It is itself exclusionary and reveals a certain kind of bias.
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What kind of bias? I would say that it's just being cognizant of our less than stellar history. Not too long ago, racial minorities were very purposefully kept out of many communities with the type of housing EdmTrekker described (redlining wasn't just an American thing).

Regardless, if I were to write the post again I would use a different phrase. But to be clear, it didn't come from a place of racism or contempt towards anyone on this forum (I'm a second generation immigrant that has lived in some very white suburbs).
 
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Self-deprecation has always been a subtle way of saying you are superior to someone else and it is just getting tiresome when applied to "races".
 
occidentalcapital said:
Self-deprecation has always been a subtle way of saying you are superior to someone else and it is just getting tiresome when applied to "races".
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What exactly are you trying to say here? These vague comments are just prolonging an unnecessary digression that no one takes joy from. To me, it sounds like you're writing with intentional ambiguity because you're worried people would find your perspective to be unsavory if written plainly.

Let's just move on from this. I used a pretty benign term and didn't mean any offence. Back to skyscrapers and urbanism.
 
There's nothing progressive about racial essentialism. It is what civil rights leaders fought against, in fact. So, no I don't consider for one iota that my perspective is unsavoury.

In my opinion we have to always strive for equality, justice, progress. A lot of rhetoric has lost this perspective in favour of a race war. Mostly coming out of the United States, that broken society.

Let's keep the racial generalizations out of this forum.
 
EdmTrekker said:
There are not single standing homes on a "traditional" lot in Blatchford. Young family's, most anyway, want a backyard for swings, hot tubs, maybe a small greenhouse and garden and a large garage to store recreational and home equipment like bikes, snowblowers a canoe. The only place to find that is the suburbs except a few lots or house that pop up in central that can be renovated or demolished and a new home built.
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JEEZUS. A swingset, greenhouse, and a hot tub?? Where has this family lifestyle been all my life 😳 I see now that the Home + Garden Show is the apex of living that I've been missing out on and that's gotta change NOW 😤
 
^^^^ Your sarcasm implies a kind of one-solution fits all (again). Heaven forbid that there exist people with different ideals of what puts meaning or excitement in their lives. You should try to curb your de-enthusiasm, especially if you have aims to go into one of the design professions... an open mind is a very precious commodity.
 
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^^^^ Your sarcasm implies a kind of one-solution fits all (again). Heaven forbid that there exist people with different ideals of what puts meaning or excitement in their lives. You should try to curb your de-enthusiasm, especially if you have aims to go into one of the design professions... an open mind is a very precious commodity.
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Wow okay. The joke of my post was going against exactly what you’re accusing me of doing. There is an expectation of a “one size fits all” when it comes to the “good” young-family lifestyle, and that often ivloves the conventions of a big house with lots of “accessories”. If a family falls outside of those conventions and chooses to live in, let’s say, a town house near downtown they can be considered strange for doing so. The point is that I think that people should have the choice to live wherever and however they want without being ostracized or thought of as weird.

I shouldn’t even really have to clarify this to you guys.
 
ChazYEG said:
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The Disturbing History Of The Suburbs | Redlining: the racist housing policy from the Jim Crow era that still affects us today. | By CollegeHumor | Facebook

Redlining: the racist housing policy from the Jim Crow era that still affects us today.
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Good, short video about some of the many issues of the suburbs (with actual references and all)
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The misnomer is that Edmonton and Calgary suburbs are white. They are not overwhelmingly white at all. American red lining was an abhorrent practice, but it is not what is occurring today.
 
Oilers99 said:
The misnomer is that Edmonton and Calgary suburbs are white. They are not overwhelmingly white at all. American red lining was an abhorrent practice, but it is not what is occurring today.
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It is true that the suburbs are a more diverse place than they ever have been, but the effects of redlining and racially discriminatory policies of the (not so far gone) past most definitely still exist, especially when it comes to perceptions of safety.
 
Oilers99 said:
The misnomer is that Edmonton and Calgary suburbs are white. They are not overwhelmingly white at all. American red lining was an abhorrent practice, but it is not what is occurring today.
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Fun fact: Ethnoburb is a term for that, and can be used to describe places like Mill Woods.
 
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