"I've been trying to put into words how big a tragedy the Ukraine Airlines crash is for Canada." ...
Twitter thread from a Canadian about the Ukraine Airlines crash.
Link to tweet
There were 63 Canadian citizens on the flight, but many more were landed immigrants or in Canada on visas.
There were 138 empty seats on the connecting flight from Kiev to Toronto.
Nearly everyone killed was an immigrant. But nobody's talking about that.
Our headlines focus on the fact that they were Canadians, with deep roots here, who touched countless lives.
The way it should be.
Sid
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..their family and friends find comfort or consolation in a time of distress or sadness.
I was just surprised at myself in how I pictured them, probably subconsciously by associating them with my Canadian friends of whom only one is western European origin.
Most of the Canadians that I know live here and for some, who are from another continent have dual citizenship or more.
Somehow I think the Ukraine element may have thrown me but, I don't know, I just hadn't made that connection at the time i guess. I mean, I have a degree in cultural anthropology and I am not a pearly-white skinned person and I see only one race, ethnicity and attending cultural ideals and practice is something that interests me... the horrid disruptions due to war are forcing some interesting movement of populations that are hard to keep track of and so I guess I forget some of the dynamics on a timely basis. There's so much happening right now, can only focus on so much.
et lux perpetua luceat eis. Eternal rest and perpetual light grant them, O Lord.
from big brother, it's what's for dinner every day now.
The triplets went with her because none of them had ever been to Seattle. I see it as similar to the flight that crashed and can only imagine the grief that Canadians are experiencing.
My condolences to the country to the north, a nation that I hold dear because I have family roots in Quebec.
sympathy to family and friends of those who perished, who were totally innocent, and had so much to give, and to those babies who had their lives taken away.
Canada, you are our best neighbors I stand in solidarity with Canada.
Sid
