本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛知己知彼，百战不殆。籍以此文，探讨我们在“彼”心目中的真实身份。
History is history. Truth is truth. People are still those people. We are still Chinese. History cannot be forgotten.
一个人，感觉到自己飘浮不定的时候，就喜欢追溯过去，希望找到可以依靠的根，希望明白自己的来龙去脉，再去勾画未来；哪怕找到的东西是如此的不堪，总比没有的好。
于是找到了华人在加拿大的根。于是基本上可以体会到整体而言，华人在加拿大人心目中的位置。于是明白了自己的处境。而这些本应该是我们在出来之前做的功课。
个别人的NICE与否实在不重要，重要的是社会的整体感觉。就象北京人能砍，上海人会算，东北人爱干一样，具体到某一个人身上固然不对，但是总体的COMMON SENSE却是无法改变。祖上有人中举都会荫及子孙，秦姓人家喜欢谈论始皇帝而不是秦桧，其实二者都与自己毫不相干。这就是common sense。一旦形成，无法改变。历史就是历史，后果我们必须承担。从呱呱落地那一天始，我们已经有了如下华人的烙印。没有人知道所谓的四大发明，心目中只有如下的华人。
他们是我们的祖先，我们在继续着他们的宿命。
“There was pride, respect, sadness, appreciation and even a touch of awe yesterday in speeches about the contribution of Chinese rail workers to the building of Canada.”（July 2 Toronto Star）
The hundreds of people present at yesterday's Canada Day ceremony heard how Chinese rail workers paid a dreadful price for construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, which united Canada geographically and politically in the late 19th century.
华人来加，要感谢BC才对：
British Columbia had agreed in 1871 to join Canada if a railway was built to link it with the rest of the country. Nine years later, nothing had been done and B.C. threatened to join the U.S. Something had to be done, fast, to keep Canada together.
So the federal government turned to famine-ravaged China to find workers who would do the dangerous job of railway building cheaply.
The workers suffered loneliness, long hours and racism.
新移民法颁布：
Once the railway was completed in 1885, a punitive head tax was imposed to cut off further Chinese immigration.
On July 1, 1923 — known as Humiliation Day in the Chinese community — all immigration from China was banned, except for diplomats, wealthy merchants and students.
宽容：
Pon said Canada Day is a time for appreciation, not bitterness.
宿命：
"What can you do?" he asked. "It was better than living in China at that time. China was poor at that time."更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
History is history. Truth is truth. People are still those people. We are still Chinese. History cannot be forgotten.
一个人，感觉到自己飘浮不定的时候，就喜欢追溯过去，希望找到可以依靠的根，希望明白自己的来龙去脉，再去勾画未来；哪怕找到的东西是如此的不堪，总比没有的好。
于是找到了华人在加拿大的根。于是基本上可以体会到整体而言，华人在加拿大人心目中的位置。于是明白了自己的处境。而这些本应该是我们在出来之前做的功课。
个别人的NICE与否实在不重要，重要的是社会的整体感觉。就象北京人能砍，上海人会算，东北人爱干一样，具体到某一个人身上固然不对，但是总体的COMMON SENSE却是无法改变。祖上有人中举都会荫及子孙，秦姓人家喜欢谈论始皇帝而不是秦桧，其实二者都与自己毫不相干。这就是common sense。一旦形成，无法改变。历史就是历史，后果我们必须承担。从呱呱落地那一天始，我们已经有了如下华人的烙印。没有人知道所谓的四大发明，心目中只有如下的华人。
他们是我们的祖先，我们在继续着他们的宿命。
“There was pride, respect, sadness, appreciation and even a touch of awe yesterday in speeches about the contribution of Chinese rail workers to the building of Canada.”（July 2 Toronto Star）
The hundreds of people present at yesterday's Canada Day ceremony heard how Chinese rail workers paid a dreadful price for construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, which united Canada geographically and politically in the late 19th century.
华人来加，要感谢BC才对：
British Columbia had agreed in 1871 to join Canada if a railway was built to link it with the rest of the country. Nine years later, nothing had been done and B.C. threatened to join the U.S. Something had to be done, fast, to keep Canada together.
So the federal government turned to famine-ravaged China to find workers who would do the dangerous job of railway building cheaply.
The workers suffered loneliness, long hours and racism.
新移民法颁布：
Once the railway was completed in 1885, a punitive head tax was imposed to cut off further Chinese immigration.
On July 1, 1923 — known as Humiliation Day in the Chinese community — all immigration from China was banned, except for diplomats, wealthy merchants and students.
宽容：
Pon said Canada Day is a time for appreciation, not bitterness.
宿命：
"What can you do?" he asked. "It was better than living in China at that time. China was poor at that time."更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net