Vancouver definitely has a huge Asian population. Apparently they're not acting. Much fewer black people. Again, don't seem to be acting.
Don't know about imports, but the net effect for Colin's casting: whiteyMcwhitewhite.
I get confused. I remember everything. I remember too much, and... some of it's made up, and... some of it can't be quantified, and... there's secrets.
River ,'Safe'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Mar 06, 2010 5:24:46 pm PST #14000 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Steph L. - Mar 06, 2010 5:24:49 pm PST #14001 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Man, Gina Torres is a stupendously lovely woman.
She did the voice of Superwoman (evil version of Wonder Woman from an alternate Earth) in the new Justice League movie, and she was very, very good at being bad, without ever reminding me of Jasmine.
P.M. Marc - Mar 06, 2010 5:35:34 pm PST #14002 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Wow, really. Huh. I am too lazy to look it up, but perhaps what Vancouver has is more Pacific Rim/Asian folks and fewer peoples of African descent. Plus a pretty sizeable First Nations population.
[link] (Looks like the info was grabbed from Stats Canada.)
Even adding the Metis and Inuit populations to the First Nations population, it's still under 3%.
Sue - Mar 06, 2010 5:39:23 pm PST #14003 of 30001
hip deep in pie
I like how Wikipedia lists being from another province as an ethnic origin.
§ ita § - Mar 06, 2010 5:43:45 pm PST #14004 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How are aboriginal people not a visible minority? Weird. But black folk are a teensy sliver of that pie.
Steph, I need to add that to my Netflix queue. I've seen good reviews.
Hil R. - Mar 06, 2010 5:46:07 pm PST #14005 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Interesting that those stats count Jews separately, not as part of a geographical ethnic group. (Official US immigration stuff used to do that, but not since the forties or so.)
§ ita § - Mar 06, 2010 5:51:06 pm PST #14006 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jews are listed in the same table as other geographical groups--why do you say they're not counted as a geographical ethnic group?
Hil R. - Mar 06, 2010 5:52:35 pm PST #14007 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Well, because they're not really geographical -- I'm assuming that Jews from Germany, say, are counted as Jewish and not as German.
Sue - Mar 06, 2010 5:53:19 pm PST #14008 of 30001
hip deep in pie
ita, I just stumbled upon this:
The Employment Equity Act defines visible minorities as 'persons, other than Aboriginal peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour.'
tommyrot - Mar 06, 2010 5:54:20 pm PST #14009 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh dear. Map Of The Day
FloatingSheep, a fun geography blog, looks at the beer belly of America. One maps shows total number of bars, but the interesting map is the one above. Red dots represent locations where there are more bars than grocery stores, based on results from the Google Maps API. The Midwest takes their drinking seriously.
Wisconsin is pretty much completely red. When I was a kid, there were about 21 bars in my home town and I think three grocery stores.