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Anti-Punjabi sentiments in First Nations

Several reviews point out that the book discusses anti-Punjabi sentiments in the First Nations; many First Nations felt that the Punjabi immigrants were taking their employment from them

Michaela Pontellini states that the aspect of focusing on the First Nations' sentiments is unique
Murphy p. 241 stated that the First Nations' feelings may have been amplified by Punjabis differentiating themselves because it made the First Nations feel that they were continuing to have the lowest status of the groups.
Murphy mentions in p. 242 of her review that the Punjabis gained awareness of "grievances of First Nations in Canada and the brutal history that they had endured prior to contact with Punjabis (249-50)."

WhisperToMe (talk) 16:49, 16 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Page one of the Christopher Taylor review states "Thee book confronts the history of deracinated colonial “East Indians” on dis- placed “Native Indian” land in British Columbia." and "the sad reality of the fractured relations of heterogeneous and oppressed visible minority subalterns in twentieth-century Canada." (on p. 1 of Taylor) WhisperToMe (talk) 17:15, 16 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Punjabis in Vancouver and Surrey are part of the same culture

From Murphy's review, p. 242:

"Nayar’s critique of multiculturalism is substantive. She speaks of its “misuses,” particularly with reference to “appeals for the ethnic vote;” she highlights the “ethnic insularity” of the Vancouver/Surrey community; and she provides compelling analysis of cultural and electoral politics up through the 2011 provincial election (212, 232-33)." (emphasis mine)

Based on what this review says, it's not original research to discuss Punjabis from Vancouver and Surrey in the same Wikipedia article. WhisperToMe (talk) 17:04, 16 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]