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    At this stage I don’t know how anyone of Chinese background wants to participate in the governments of Canada, USA, Australia and the UK.

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      His family could have been there for generations. The first Chinese immigrants started coming to America in large amounts as early as 1820, he could for all intensive purposes be a “naturalized” white American/Canadian citizen, at around the third generation, most immigrant families lose the vast majority of connection and support to their home country their family is originally from

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        I understand this, however, this fact does not spare them from discrimination.

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          True, but in their mind there is little to no alternative.

          Plus Asians have for a long time been the “model minority”, meaning it’s easier to sweep their discrimination under the rug. Unlike black Americans or Native Americans.