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Originally Posted by someone123
It's actually not a very good summary. It's a bunch of examples that are chosen to prove a point but don't establish norms in any geographical areas or periods.
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The point is that segregation existed. I don't think the article is striving to say it was the norm or widespread. Had the black population in Canada been larger I'm sure that this would have been a much greater issue. It's not like white Canadians were very evolved on issues of race. We couldn't even bring ourselves to welcome Jewish refugees while the Nazis were committing genocide.