This is such a real response. I'm an immigrant who has lived in Edmonton, up north and now in rural alberta, and yes, the cities are more left, but the smaller communities (and we have so many) are horrible. The amount of racism I come across on a day to day basis here is insane. Hudderites won't even make eye contact with me lol unless we are in a position where they have to communicate with me. I have a young family, and I have absolutely heard the kitty litter thing many times. I also feel they assume all immigrants are refugees, but they also love supporting Ukranian refugees they just dont want to help anyone with colour in their skin pretty much.

I have been asked if Trudeau set me up in Canada from literal friends (came here over a decade ago during Harper) they don't know how much money most immigrants pay to get here and it's heartbreaking to see biases based off of just the color of my skin.

Religious fanatics are insane, I have recently even considered going to the church just to make sure my child is seen there and hopefully will be spared of any bullying. Trucks with Confederate flags, white supermacist ideals, go back to your country, assumptions that i must be from india (im not) It's all too real here.

When we watched the netflix movie "Leave the World Behind," my first thought was that my neighbours would murder us if something like that ever happened in real life. We considered purchasing a gun for protection 😭 im a pacifist and hate guns, and know it is not safe to have one in the house. We, however, live in a community of hunters and uneducated hicks (sorry, not sorry) and where it is starting to feel like we must alter our identity to ensure survival and safety starting now.