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trashy Labour Canada     Canada, the so-called land of opportunities. This statement is a known item due to the large amount of people immigrating to our country. It allstarted screening in the 50s and is still occurring in the 90s. I testament bediscussing the different work mentalities between French Canadians andimmigrants coming from various parts of the world. I will compare "Voiceless mess" by Marco Micone, and White Niggers of America by Pierre Vallieres.White Niggers emphasizes on the mentality of French Canadian works class andVoiceless People emphasizes on immigrants mentality towards operative, which inthis compositors case is the Italian community.     After reading "Rivalry Over the Ethnic Minorities", it was kindred readingmy own familys past when they immigrated in Quebec back in the earlyish 70s.Many Greek immigrants who immigrated from their native country followed the samepattern towards decision happi ness. Like most of the French, they worked vasthard hours in blighted working conditions and not so great pay. These sweatshopsrepresent the first act of pull through to climb up the social ladder. But for theimmigrants, it meant much to a greater extent they pitch these jobs in order to save up somemoney for the future, by a nice house and reach the next step in social ladder.Most of the time, the immigrants would buy their billet in other neighborhoodsthey would castrate community because it reflected their new social situation.Because they set out more money, they can front to an area where people of the samenationality live. They will leave the French back in the city where they willkeep on working long hours because they never saved up or invested their money.The main point Im arduous to show is that the immigrants have a strongerambition and desire to become more successful than the French do, maybe becausethey are not at home and threatened by others. This is the wor ld view almostall immigrants have and this concept has a major effect on their lives.Voiceless People is exactly the same scenario for Antonio and his family.Antonio came here very poor and unable to express a word of French. He startedworking in factories with very bad pay and even worse working conditions. Justlike the veritable(prenominal) immigrant, he never gave up, didnt let anyone put him down,continued to work because he had an ambition to become successful and buy ahouse know that he earned it with his own sweat. As a newcomer to thiscountry, he seemed to succeed with great facility, unlike many French Canadianswho seem someways jealous of the immigrants who tend to succeed with such bad