Olive25

Firstly, you are allowed to feel however you want to feel. I think Oprah (sorry to have to quote her) said it best "all pain is the same". So whether you felt justified in your annoyance or frustration or not, you had to deal with it and feel it. I think perhaps, it would help, to understand that some people just don't have tact and you shouldn't get so upset. Sometimes people just say stupid sh*t without thinking and if you're the one who's blood is always boiling in anger because someone was insensitive, the only person who's losing out is you.
I mean, I am a minority but was born and raised in Canada. I am a second generation Canadian, meaning my parents were also both born in Canada. Yet, I have dealt with racism even in my own hometown. I am asian and I remember getting into a fender bender. It wasn't my fault and I had many witnesses pull over to give me their contact information if I needed it. When the other driver finally got out of their car too, they said to me "Oh, are you from here?". Sure, I could've taken it as if they were being racist, but what was the point? I just answered "born and raised. Why? Do I have an accent?". I've encountered so many people who tried to make me feel less than them because I 'look' a certain way. I've had a lot of people complain about the "asians" taking over our country... Whatever. I just feel sorry for them and the fact that their lives must be consumed with that much negativity to have to pour that onto someone else.
Like I said, you have the right to feel whatever you want to feel. But at the same time, you have the control to let is roll off like water off a ducks back.

Firstly, you are allowed to feel however you want to feel. I think Oprah (sorry to have to quote her) said it best "all pain is the same". So whether you felt justified in your annoyance or frustration or not, you had to deal with it and feel it. I think perhaps, it would help, to understand that some people just don't have tact and you shouldn't get so upset. Sometimes people just say stupid sh*t without thinking and if you're the one who's blood is always boiling in anger because someone was insensitive, the only person who's losing out is you.
I mean, I am a minority but was born and raised in Canada. I am a second generation Canadian, meaning my parents were also both born in Canada. Yet, I have dealt with racism even in my own hometown. I am asian and I remember getting into a fender bender. It wasn't my fault and I had many witnesses pull over to give me their contact information if I needed it. When the other driver finally got out of their car too, they said to me "Oh, are you from here?". Sure, I could've taken it as if they were being racist, but what was the point? I just answered "born and raised. Why? Do I have an accent?". I've encountered so many people who tried to make me feel less than them because I 'look' a certain way. I've had a lot of people complain about the "asians" taking over our country... Whatever. I just feel sorry for them and the fact that their lives must be consumed with that much negativity to have to pour that onto someone else.
Like I said, you have the right to feel whatever you want to feel. But at the same time, you have the control to let is roll off like water off a ducks back.

Great, thank you! I'm going through a K1 Visa so Vancouver would be the closes centre to me.