Oxymoron. Even the very word makes me smile.
In today's Toronto Star and likely in many of Canada's daily and weekly newspapers, there will be at least one article talking about the last Canadian census and how the facts present themselves in specific areas of the country; in this instance the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). In the main section of the Star it is a lead story on the front page. Additional pages also illustrate the point being made. The headline? "Visible minorities gaining".
My comment is not about the facts of the census. The statistics are what they are. My issue is with the terminology - nothing more, nothing less. No sinister agenda here.
OK. Now math may not be my strongest suit; however, to my mind, anything greater than 50% is a majority. There is a very nice graphic laid out in all its glory presenting "visible minorities" in the GTA. The first two areas in this chart are Markham where 65.45% of the population is a "visible minority" and Brampton, where 57.03% falls into that same category. Coming a very close third is Mississauga at 49.00% with the city of Toronto another contender at 46.90%.
Does that present a "visible minority" picture to you?
Jumbo shrimp, anyone?
In today's Toronto Star and likely in many of Canada's daily and weekly newspapers, there will be at least one article talking about the last Canadian census and how the facts present themselves in specific areas of the country; in this instance the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). In the main section of the Star it is a lead story on the front page. Additional pages also illustrate the point being made. The headline? "Visible minorities gaining".
My comment is not about the facts of the census. The statistics are what they are. My issue is with the terminology - nothing more, nothing less. No sinister agenda here.
OK. Now math may not be my strongest suit; however, to my mind, anything greater than 50% is a majority. There is a very nice graphic laid out in all its glory presenting "visible minorities" in the GTA. The first two areas in this chart are Markham where 65.45% of the population is a "visible minority" and Brampton, where 57.03% falls into that same category. Coming a very close third is Mississauga at 49.00% with the city of Toronto another contender at 46.90%.
Does that present a "visible minority" picture to you?
Jumbo shrimp, anyone?
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