DonLever Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 what's wrong with keeping Robert Borden on the $100? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 She doesn't look asian to me. Even if she did, isn't Canada supposed to be a multicultural society? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnight Express Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 How in the hell can you tell if someone is Asian from the side and slightly behind (about the 3:30 position).?? People these days have to much time on their hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armada Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Still saying who the hell cares if she is or isn't some race. This applies for both sides. You guys are getting too into this.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyJoeJoeJr. Shabadoo Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Still saying who the hell cares if she is or isn't some race. This applies for both sides. You guys are getting too into this.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sakage.shinga Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 I'm asian and I'm not bothered by this (i.e. both the inclusion and subsequent removal). I will point out, however, that asians didn't discover insulin...but then the picture on the bill didn't really look that asian to me in the first place. Lastly, it could also be argued that featuring an asian in a scientific role simply feeds into the nerdy-asian stereotype. So in the end, it's kind of a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situation in my eyes. Everyone should just chill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimito Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 For goodness' sake, nobody here in North America calls other PEOPLE Oriental. That term is now considered to be pejorative here. They still use it in Europe because the word itself is Eurocentric by definition. Same with something bogus like "far easterner", since those countries are certainly not to our far east if we place Vancouver on the centre of the map. It's only far east if we're centred in Europe. (below is a Asia-centric map, where the extremes are Spain and Newfoundland) We can refer to things like furniture and food as Oriental (which is still a lazy term), but here in Canada people don't call people Oriental anymore. I know you didn't mean to, but you still perpetuated Eurocentric values. My ethnic background is NOT far eastern, nor is it Oriental. It's Asian, and it's Korean, and nothing more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pouria Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 What would you call those chaps who blew themselves up in Bali? Voluntary self-destruct bombers? http://en.wikipedia....5_Bali_bombings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pouria Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 The Philippines isn't in Asia?? Iraq isn't in Asia?? Iran isn't in Asia?? Afghanistan, which you failed to mention, isn't is Asia?? This Middle East ISN'T in Asia?? So, we shouldn't use taxes imposed on society to help refine society, because that'd be a waste of social money for society. Gotcha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armada Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Well thanks for the update chief. I was just thinking I wonder what that Armada guy thinks about the situation today. I think the problem is you are focusing on all of the wrong aspects here. The topic at hand involves the fact that others did care and because of that the bill has been changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monteeun Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Does it even matter? I mean its just money . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soshified Posted August 20, 2012 Share Posted August 20, 2012 Canada should just put past prime ministers and landmarks on their bills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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