the New World checked the `` white '' box on the eight years census form , but says it 's complicated . He 's an immigrant ( U.S. ) , but has access to historical advantages of `` white '' box . Popular myth of America immigration does n't include discrimination against non-whites , he says . Even in my home , I ca n't offer a blanket to a nonwhite friend without the fear that they will look at me and say `` no smallpox on this right ? '' Lander : Census should remind us that Canada is moving away from a `` white '' box majority .
the New World checked the `` white '' box on the eight years census form , but says it 's complicated . He 's an immigrant ( U.S. ) , but has access to historical advantages of `` white '' box . Popular myth of America immigration does n't include discrimination against non-whites , he says . Lander : Census should remind us that Canada is moving away from a `` white '' box majority .