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Originally Posted by milomilo
I'm truly confused by those outside of the US that would waste their time, energy and emotions on protesting for a US cause. It's a US problem and theirs alone to fix - the entire world could protest and it wouldn't matter one bit if they don't want to fix it.
Additionally, there are Canadian grown instances of racism which they actually could affect, but are choosing not to. The treatment of the indigenous is much more relevant to Canada, and yet Canadians jump on the bandwagon to support something they have zero consequence from or effect on.
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Again, it's not
just a US issue. While black Canadians aren't routinely killed by police, they do still face greater scrutiny and are often victims of police profiling and harassment. That there are "greater" instances of racism in Canada doesn't make it a non-issue (though, as we saw back in February, the indigenous cause was
also a big issue across the country).
Besides, protesting in support of foreign protests is nothing new or US-specific. See: Hong Kong protests in Canada, Sri Lankan civil war protests, Iranian green movement protests, etc.