For most of these immigrants, the land of opportunity to boast its tolerance for ethnic diversity was a sick joke. Furthermore, in Chapter 14 of "A Few Acres of Snow," when the Blacks immigrated to Canada, many Upper Canadian Whites feared the Black presence and reacted by ostracizing Black newcomers. This was considered perfectly legal and normal behaviour according to Canadians. Many Canadians did not wish their children educated with the Blacks. In some regions, parents successfully lobbied for legislation to create separate schools for Black children. Blacks in Canada never amounted to more than one percent of the population. In addition, in Matthew MacFie's account of British Columbia's recent arrivals in 1865, it also showed how Chinese immigrants weren't allowed to work or interfere with the superior race. Chinese immigrants were only allowed to cook, hawk tea, and keep laundries. This further shows Canada did not tolerate for ethnic-diversity. Despite all these controversies, Canadians were not really any less racist than others in the mid-nineteenth
For most of these immigrants, the land of opportunity to boast its tolerance for ethnic diversity was a sick joke. Furthermore, in Chapter 14 of "A Few Acres of Snow," when the Blacks immigrated to Canada, many Upper Canadian Whites feared the Black presence and reacted by ostracizing Black newcomers. This was considered perfectly legal and normal behaviour according to Canadians. Many Canadians did not wish their children educated with the Blacks. In some regions, parents successfully lobbied for legislation to create separate schools for Black children. Blacks in Canada never amounted to more than one percent of the population. In addition, in Matthew MacFie's account of British Columbia's recent arrivals in 1865, it also showed how Chinese immigrants weren't allowed to work or interfere with the superior race. Chinese immigrants were only allowed to cook, hawk tea, and keep laundries. This further shows Canada did not tolerate for ethnic-diversity. Despite all these controversies, Canadians were not really any less racist than others in the mid-nineteenth