These frequent occurrences may be a product of Ondaatje's immigration from Sri Lanka to Canada in 1962. ... It is through this experience that Patrick realizes the notion of multiculturalism and its importance to his Canadian heritage. ... In Tuscany, two Canadians, an alleged Englishman and a Sikh take refuge in the abandoned building during World War II. ... Before she leaves for her native Canada, Hana gives Almasy an overdose of morphine. ... Hana (his nurse) tells him "It's a war. ...

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These men played on a "barnstorming" tour throughout America and Canada. ... The team also experienced hardship because a few of the players had to quit playing for the team because they were drafted to the army for World War II. ... "The Kues served as icons of racial pride to various Chinese communities across the United States and Canada" (Yep 59). ... This is because these men from San Francisco were able to leave and travel America and Canada, which was impossible for any person of color during that era and they were able to provide hope for Chinese Americans....

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However, in 1876 after several brutal wars, the Sioux, Cheyennes, Arapahos, Kiowas, and Comanches complied to move to certain areas where whites were prohibited (Greenberg 33). ... Polk in the war with Mexico, which started in 1846. ... After the war, filibustering, another tactic of U.S. territorial expansion, was also driven against Spanish Florida, Mexican Texas, Canada, and parts of the Caribbean Islands. ... The West was not only a destiny of economic opportunity, but also an occasion for the conversion of residents such as French settlers of Canada and the Mississippi River Valley, as we...

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"Although surveys showed that many Canadian, Italian, Israeli, and Irish citizens lived and worked in California without proper credentials from the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), the popular campaign expressly targeted immigrants from Mexico and Central America." ... (Lipsitz 51). " "U.S. wars in Asia over the past five decades have also contributed significantly to this view of Asian Americans and Asians as foreign enemies incapable of being assimilated into a U.S. national identity."... Japanese and Japanese Americans, during World War II, were forced into internment camps."...

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Dubois explains this perfectly when he stated: "One ever feels his two-ness, -am American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strengths alone keeps it from being torn asunder......

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But as the war continued the atmosphere became increasingly hostile - The Muslim's image was irrevocably damaged after September 11th, though it is fair to say that this is also a world-wide issue. ... The much debated citizenship test is already active in countries like USA and Canada, and in Britain's case aims testing in English proficiency, legal and social systems and the roles of the Monarchy and other institutions. ...

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