The stories you told me were def 118 th related, I remember that much just not the specifics. I think I even commented on that post. Ya...it was long ago!
"I think they teach the differences more than the similarities, and problems stem from that" - absolutely, same for me I didn't know what it was until later. I had white friends, native friends, black friends and we all got along even when none of us spoke the same language we still just all had fun together. I currently live in a mostly muslim neighborhood, with a few white people and a few natives thrown in there, and a jamaican and we all get along and smoke joints together, have tea, turkish coffee whatever, we even compare religions without panties getting in a wad. Be cool don't be nobody's fool is the line around here! lol. Edmonton is pretty diverse tho, we have a little bit of everything like it's the promise land.
don't worry, we always rebuild what we burn down so we can burn it down again, it's like a cycle here.