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Letter: Racist tones thinly veiled

Dear Editor, Re: “‘Exclusionary signage’ still prevalent,” News , Sept. 23. Quebec regulates language on signs. Those of us Anglophones would find that uncomfortable if we suddenly ended up living there.
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Richmond residents Kerry Starchuk and Rupert Whiting say exclusionary signage continues to persist in Richmond despite the city's "education" efforts in the wake of city council not implementing a bylaw to make English mandatory on all signage.

Dear Editor,

Re: “‘Exclusionary signage’ still prevalent,” News, Sept. 23.

Quebec regulates language on signs. Those of us Anglophones would find that uncomfortable if we suddenly ended up living there.

Let’s stop the racism — as veiled as some try to make it. I encourage more interaction and understanding between language groups, but I certainly don’t want to legislate it. 

This issue is being blown out of proportion.

Our world is changing quickly. Let’s tolerantly try to accept the time lags in cross-cultural understanding that are associated with rapid change. 

A generation or two from now, we will be a multi-lingual community and much richer for it.

Bob Ransford

Richmond