Chapter 1 Case Study Margaret Wentte

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1. Margaret Wente moved to Toronto in 1964, she found the city to be so exiting and the most “exotic” place she had ever lived in. Wente was from a suburban area outside of Chicago and had not met many people who are not white. When she arrived in Toronto she felt like the city was bursting with different people from different cultures. She would soak up the coffee shops and unique people walking along the lakeshore boardwalk, mesmerized by the women in burkas or the young mixed couples kissing on the street. Where she was from people would break up the family because someone married outside of their Christian denomination. She felt that Toronto was a shining beacon of multiculturalism, where any food in the world is available,

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