I have volunteered at the homeless shelter, me being the Goody two shoes, straight arrow Chinese youth that I am. (society's perceptions). Anyways, for the 10 years I've been there. I have not seen one Asian! Indians, Somalis are there because they're new to the city and getting reestablished and soon leave.
The majority of the people at the seed are Elderly Caucasians, and not just the rednecks. They've been there for as long as anyone can remember. Now that the Seed has a new warehouse sized facility out in the factory district, where the homeless can just walk to work. They still there and growing.
What I find odd, is why the perception that Asians are a bunch of charity boat people. When the Asians I've seen are the huge gaggles of students at colleges. My dad came to Canada penniless, and went to school.
I'm penniless, and have only work ethic to further my career and what not. I don't drink do drugs or any vices, as I'm penniless as I mentioned, and doing these things really hurts my body. (I'm a wimp I know). but I've managed to cultivate my playstation self (back in the early 90s), into a efficient. Machine of work. (namely because I want to join the Canadian army. What can I say, I'm a patriot. I love this country, and if Canadian youths fought for me in Korea, then I have to return the favor, the fact that Canadian forces are losing a war in Afganistan and need huge bonuses and a huge Salary 60G to entice people has nothing to do with it lol).
But, most of the homeless here in Calgary are caucasian, cracked out old ladies, that have crazy stories to tell. determining their needs, is impossible you have to speak a special dialect of Crazy to communicate with them. (They're like the crazy cat lady from simpsons, but with no cats).
Young Teenagers are quickly given a place to stay ie a group home... So they don't end up prostituting themselves to White rich pedophiles! (Alberta is home to the Internationally reknowned "Protection of Children involved in Prostitution act, or Pe Chip).
Speaking of pedophiles... Why does Canadian boylovers (white men), think they can come to Thailand to have pedophilia? Why are the members of NAMBLA white men? And they have the gall to call us Asians sex slavers preying on innocent white girls of suburbia? (Redneck Alberta is so bad, they created the PCIP law).
Granted there are some rich Azn youths in jail for traficking drugs, and one got baddly cut up in Edmonton a few years ago. But the Majority of Asians, are not victims of the "Deadmonton" (a website that "scores" the murdered from killing wave in 2005 onwards). They're mostly.... white young Thugz.
By my age, young Asians live in suburbia on their own. My dad was pretty young for a Yuppie, as an engineer, have a university degree and well educated and a productive force in the economy. (granted in the 80s, they were head band wearing gangsters, but those types have either killed each other off in the 90s and late 2000s), or have taken their operations really really underground.
Clint Eastwood's Grand Torino, just illustrates his senility and alzimer's like cognation, as he is unaware of the changes in the world. The Majority of American young workers, are professionals, going to school, or doing productive things. The are a huge population of professionals here in Calgary, who are Indian and Pakistani, Hindus and Muslims get along up here. Becoming doctors, lawyers, engineers, teachers.
Shitheads like myself become soldiers.