Wait, this happened?
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sabotabbyI somehow missed the story about TD Bank closing the accounts of Iranian-Canadians until protests made the news.
I gotta say, I'm gobsmacked. TD seems to be the only bank doing this, so it can't be a government-imposed sanction that all banks are forced to do. They also like to promote themselves as Good Corporate Citizens, QUILTBAG-friendly in their advertising, diverse and all that. So to pull a move that is not only racist but is a terrifying echo of WWII-era xenophobia (what's next? Are we going to round up Iranians and put them in internment camps like we did to Japanese-Canadians?) is just astounding. Oh, and we're not even at war with Iran or anything. Also, these are Canadian citizens we're talking about, not that it matters.
So, why aren't we up in arms about it? Can they even do this?
I gotta say, I'm gobsmacked. TD seems to be the only bank doing this, so it can't be a government-imposed sanction that all banks are forced to do. They also like to promote themselves as Good Corporate Citizens, QUILTBAG-friendly in their advertising, diverse and all that. So to pull a move that is not only racist but is a terrifying echo of WWII-era xenophobia (what's next? Are we going to round up Iranians and put them in internment camps like we did to Japanese-Canadians?) is just astounding. Oh, and we're not even at war with Iran or anything. Also, these are Canadian citizens we're talking about, not that it matters.
So, why aren't we up in arms about it? Can they even do this?
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Date: 2012-08-27 06:15 pm (UTC)[1] I'm sure I read about it in a reputable source, but Google is currently swamped with articles on the current round of banning.