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Racism makes $$$ the kkk is loaded

If people think racism is not a thing then you're sorely wrong

nothing has change and it will never No to racism mates

Labeling people by race causes racism.

There's so much evidence of racism existing but certain whites will never stop trying to either downplay it, somehow justify it or outright deny it. As long as there are people like that, racism will never cease to exist. Must be great to be the ones on the defense team, opposed to being the ones on the receiving end of it.

This makes me sad that there is so much racism

I have been asked hundreds of times if i needed help with anything in stores and half the time i did . So if the store clerks just ignored them and did not offer to help them is that racism to ? YOU ALL NEED TO REMEMBER CBC is a government funded station taking millions from the liberal government so its basically state run television full of propaganda.

It isn't one way. There are landlords and companies that belong to minorities that don't employ people of a different colour to them, how about reporting on that.\n\n\n\nAs a white person, I have been followed about in a shop, so don't think it is due to racism.

Racism is rampant here. Especially Alberta. Natives get it the most here.

Racism can only and when culture will change

so the white people say there is no racism lmao. that's like a millionaire saying there's no such thing as poverty

Racism goes both ways I’ve been treated very bad because of my pale skin hair and eyes I’ve been called albino by people of colour and I’ve never and would never do that to them growing up in the uk in an area with a high Muslim community being beaten up at school ,there where places white girls just didn’t go I hated the way I looked I started to dye my hair black I wore baggy clothes and lots of layers but I couldn’t change my eyes I would alway walk with my head down so I know what it’s like to be treated differently because of colour

Seen how Arabs treat black people in the Middle East, I wouldn’t feel bad when they face the racism

Racism is just garbage, preconceived notions of others based on skin color and bodily attributes. Any racism no matter the race is bad. It'll be near impossible to rid of it though, it'll never happen.

CBC promotes racism

Racism does exist everywhere.\nIn Canada, America, Germany, France, Hong Kong, etc. You can fill in every country.\nYou can make hundred times more documentations about it without any change.\nAnd you can't say people to have no racism and wonder why it does not work. The more you talk about the less it will work.

This is BS! Send nice dressed black guy to look for apartment and white guy just plain looking I bet black guy will be offered apartment first! I dated black girl and black guys always gave me weird look but when they date white girls it is ok! There's racism on all sides!! I respects all races and good people!!

Racism is and always has been American as murdering people and stealing their land and resources.

White on white racism now I've seen everything ????

If you are a store owner and if for instance five out of ten shop lifters you caught in the past were a person of certain race; isn’t it only natural to be more wary of the group that had the highest ratio of shop lifters? This is not bc of racism but rather due to your experience.

I am glad there is no racism in the USA

While racism is real, there are certain people from some religious dicatorships in Canada spying on the free people of this country and making people uncomfortable too. there are those who want to push their beliefs on all Canadians and there has to be a balance in terms of acceptance and inclusiveness. I find many times people also play the race or discrimination card to push their beliefs and ways of life on others while I have heard them for example swear at and judge Canadians for example who don't cover up their hair or wear mini skirts......that is also discrimination and judgement and is also 100% wrong, even though they may be doing it quietly or in their own language. There is sometimes (besides obvious cases of racism of course) that there are 2 sides to the story! People that come to Canada also need to respect its values of respect for all, not just ask for it for themselves. While a lot of wonderful people come here and have the utmost respect for Canada that is NOT the case with those pushing their beliefs and particularly religious views on the rest of Canadians making them feel like outsiders I have heard many stories about.

I'm watching this from Mexico, and it's extremely cringy to realize that we have racism everywhere. It's disgusting and heartbreaking.

This kind of racism doesn’t affect me!!! The real racism that causing destruction goes on a much bigger scale, to keep other races down intellectually, financially (economically)and spiritually. Just look at Africa , South America and even the natives in America and Canada!!!!!

That racism test is subjective. I tried it and it would be easy to make one to prove anything you wanted it to

Please make a distinction between racism and profiling. \n\nEveryone gets profile, based on the group they are associated with. Yes, black get profile as shoplifters but they are also profile as good athletes. Chinese get profile as math wiz but Chinese are also profile as bad drivers. Why? Because every profile there is some element of truth. Sweeping this under the rug as “Oh it’s racism” doesn’t help solve the problem.

And my Canadian wife continues to tell me that racism doesn't exist in Canada....\n: - )

racism, the great non issue

How you describe if someone doesn't rents to a certain type of profession. Is this racism? I would like hear any response. Thanks.

Starting from B.C racism becomes more revealing as you go East

Subtle racism is bad but there are places in the US where the White dude simply cannot go because of the color of his skin.

Psychology student here. In the interest of accurate information, I would like to point out some flaws I find with some of the studies in this documentary and question the conclusions reached. I understand that CBC Marketplace are not personality psychologists and therefore cannot be expected to produce the same quality of work as a scientist. However, I think it is worthwhile to think critically about the information in the media that we consume. I am also open to anyone who wants to engage in debating the contents of this documentary.\n\n\nThe following are some notes I took while watching the documentary outlining the individual hypotheses of the studies I think are flawed and descriptions of their respective accompanying errors. \n\n\nThere are three possible research questions, and thereby dependent variables, being answered by the apartment hunting studies.\n1. If there is no discrimination between the white man and the first-nations man, then they should get equal treatment, including quotes and availability, when apartment hunting. \na. Could the gender of the landlord be a confounding variable (perhaps men are more discriminatory than women)? \n \n2. If there is no discrimination between the white man and the first-nations man between Toronto, Montreal, Regina, and Victoria, then they should get equal treatment, including quotes and availability, when apartment hunting. \na. Could total apartments visited be a confounding variable? (4 in Toronto, 3 in Montreal, Regina, and Victoria) \nb. Could the gender of the landlord be a confounding variable (perhaps men are more discriminatory than women)? \nc. They only showed the black man apartment hunting in some of the trials. I am considering him out of the study for consistency purposes. The first-nations man is the only one who got unfair treatment in the footage of apartment hunting. \n \n3. Possible hypothesis: If male landlords/agents are more discriminatory than female landlords/agents, then the white man and the first-nations man will get different treatment at different Canadian apartments in equally diverse cities. \na. Don’t know all the information about the genders of the landlords/agents, not all the footage is shown, but the ones where they get ripped off are male. The others shown are female. The remaining interactions are not shown.\n\n\nThere are also some factors that may have influenced the racial bias survey and, in my estimation, rendered it scientifically unreliable.\n\n\n1. The bias survey and accompanying tests at the CBC attributed the differences between the studies to unconscious racism. What if it was just due to familiarity with certain racial groups over others? \na. The black participants had no bias between European-American and African Americans, supposedly indicating no racism, while the white and first-nations participants did, supposedly indicating racism. Is it possible that another interpretation of this result is that bias is a function of familiarity: that we are comfortable with the majority demographic in the geographical location we live in, as well as our own kind. Therefore, the black guys are less biased against black people due to being both black and living in a white majority demographic? \nb. The participants took the survey knowing the objectives of the researchers was to study racial discrimination. They might have influenced the answers they gave \nc. Whether the participants agreed with identity politics or not was a confounding factor that was not controlled . You can only be racially unbiased biased if you think that racial identity is a means of accurately viewing the world. People who do not believe in the existence of identity politics may answer the questions quite differently, which could be a different reason for the results.\nd. I took the study myself. The words that participants were required to match were a mix of adjectives and nouns. It is known within psychology that nouns have higher levels of imagery. This was not properly controlled and therefore is another confounding variable. \n \nAll the other studies looked fine to me. I welcome any discussion on my observations.

Lets not forget the racism in the countries where these peoples' families originated from....you know Middle East, Far East etc...

I'm not suprise at all, in canada there is racism and prejudice , I have been of victime of that on several occasion here in canada , once I was denied a room and spent the night out because I had a french accent and yes I'm white.

It's saddens my soul that racism was created and exists in the world. We are all humans that's it human.\nIt's 2020 stand up for anti racism . Stand up to it. When you hear it, see it witness it, in any form, anywhere.\n. White privledge exists and can leave us blind so Open your eyes people. Stand up. Wake up.

As an asian woman living in Europe for 14 years I faced a decent number of racism, which was a shocker to me coming from the country where we accept any race and I was never treated any different. At my university the very first time I faced racism was from my PROFESSOR! The only thing I felt was sorry for him and his shallow life. Racism prevents you from learning so much more in this world, you automatically limit yourself with your assumptions. So, to all the racists, I feel sorry for you and your sad life of hater and anger.

Racism is such a broad term. Why am I being forced to like everybody.

What are you guys talking about ??? Racism in not REAL. lol

What about the disappearing white male! There is all kinds of racism and the white male is a dying breed

Racism is healthy it's been in our DNA for ages.\nI dont care about the social constructs we live by today.\nWe have primal instincts to like or dislike things.\n\nIf you think I am wrong.\nLet child molesters watch your kids.\nBe all inclusive all you want.\nEnjoy that life.\nBut to me racism is rational.

How about taking white people to foreign countries? \nRacism everywhere I travel a lot\nIn a lot of countries they make their own people put bags and purses at a bag check. \nWe are just looking for racism!

This is so heartbreaking but I’m glad that they made a video about this because racism is swept under the rug and were told to “tolerate it” and it’s so wrong!

This is a great video it's hard being a person of colour in even today's world. There is a lot of passive aggressive racism in the form of discrimination on a big scale. The thing about race is you can't really talk to white people about racism because they don't really experience it. I would like to see a social experiment to where white people go into predominantly minority areas and see how they get treated.

She did look scary with that grey cloth over her face. I would be too scared to approach to donate it doesn’t make sense to as for donations when you can see my face but I can’t see yours it’s imbalance of power and would make me think it’s a scam and the money would go in her pocket and not to refugees. Even if a Caucasian wrapped her face in a bathroom towel and asked me for money I’d say no!! To me if a person is covering their face they up to no good and that’s not racism that’s human psychology

This is not racism. Where we go we make problems we do crime and we want only money easy money there is lot of racism in third world countries for white people.

Nice test to empower people with knowledge about racism and prejudice.

CBC pushing racism and division in Canada - great job CBC. Trudeau must have paid CBC a lot....oh wait, he did.

Why is it called racism? Blacks are black. White people are white. Even if you swooped them around for a generation or so,,, the blacks will still be black and behave black,,, and the whites would still be white. How long has this been going on for??? Blacks are black. And whites are white. I really don't understand the drama. For gods sake,,, you're black, you're white,,,, go live, just get on with it. This is the most nonsensical world wide debate ever. What do you want??? All of us to be black? All of us to be white? Swop places? Just accept this ( from the beginning of time) difference. Know who you are. Know where you belong. Don't trespass. You'll be content and happy.

i am white well dressed 6'3 and people say good looking and experienced what the native woman has ans all kinds o things throughout my life, can you image if I tried to say its racism. Not saying it could be or not but the race card is wayyy over played

You guys should hear my story with Thompson Rivers University .. Unfortunately racism is every where in Canada !!