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A professor seeking asylum from a dangerous regime in the global south, goes to Canada, struggles to get legal status and eventually gets a job as a janitor.

A professor seeking asylum from a dangerous regime in the US, goes to Canada, gets instant tenure at a new university and the locals celebrate online and call for quick processing of citizenship for them.

Qwhite a big difference.

Mar 28, 2025 at 10:44amWeb
Show threadEmma IllerMar 28, 2025
@JoeGrowling like difference between Ukrainian or Afghan seeking asylum in UK.?
Show threadAral BalkanMar 28, 2025
@JoeGrowling Qwhite so.
Show threadSteve HoldenMar 28, 2025
@JoeGrowling yes. When I lived in the States I knew a Colombian refugee who was a chartered accountant in his home country but had to flee for his life. He had to work as a building janitor. #EverydayAmericanRacism
Show threadguysylvestreMar 28, 2025
@JoeGrowling We must pounder that education level vary a lot from a country to another (even Universities won’t recognize a study done by another one in the same Country)
but there is unbelievable difficulty.
Show threadCallistoMar 28, 2025

@JoeGrowling Don't forget how Canada continues to treat its First Nations people.

Racism is different in Canada vs the USA. Not absent.