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Originally posted by Sistermadly
Ever heard of Bensonhurst, New York? It's a largely Italian neighborhood in the suburbs. A kid -- a Black kid -- named Yusuf Hawkins was walking through Bensonhurst one night with some friends. He was checking out a used car that was for sale. Some idiots were upset that one of their girlfriends had invited some black people to her birthday party. They thought that Hawkins and his friends were on their way to the party. In no time, about 30 folks swarmed Hawkins and his friends, and beat them with baseball bats. Hawkins was killed.
I know that this might be a totally naive question, but has something like that happened in Canada in recent memory? Someone being killed for being black (or brown or yellow) in a white neighborhood?
ETA - I'm not trying to shed a bad light on Italians or residents of New York. I told this story just to relate a point.
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I've never heard of anyone being shot/stabbed because they were in the "wrong" neighbourhood, other than in areas that are known to be prone to violence. However, people do talk. When a friend of mine and his family first joined a prominant social club in Toronto, they received stares from older members because they're Asian. I'm sure older members "talked" about the Asian family that joined that club. They probably don't talk as much anymore, since there are now more Asian members, but many are still surprised if a minority says that he/she is a member.