Prince Edward Island

ENG 101 - Expository Essay
The Little Island Of Ignorance

P.E.I is a land diseased with a covertly racist population. It’s a segregated land

made up of less than 150 000 people, nearly all of which are of a Caucasian descent.

There is little racial diversity to speak of and even less racial appreciation. While

Canada is a land that prides itself on its cultural diversity, with our bilingual national

identity and multicultural communities, P.E.I seems to have missed out on such

privileges. Less than 5% of its people are French and not even 10% are officially

bilingual. Even Western Canada, which also lacks a strong French presence, counteracts

this with a very substantial Asian population. Yet, Islanders share their land with an

unusually small percentage of visible minorities from any respective region of the world.

This lack of cultural diversity has led to an ignorant society un-accepting of racial

differences.
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