Quebec's urban core, Montreal is no longer a mostly Francophone, nor bilingual city, it is now home to a high percentage of immigrants from around the world and ethnic groups of European descent, whom oppose Quebec separatist causes and policies. It is believed separatists such as leader Rene Levisque hold racist, nativist or xenophobe tendencies, such as incidents and acts of Anti-semitism towards the province's sizable Jewish population, and the obsession with ethnocultural purity of French-Canadian "blood" (or references from Quebecois militants of their people belong to a "Nordique"/"Gaullique"/"Latine" race) falls in the line of racial nationalism, has lost credibility and respect among politically active Francophones and Quebecers alike. | Quebec's urban core, Montreal is no longer a mostly Francophone, nor bilingual city, it is now home to a high percentage of immigrants from around the world and ethnic groups of European descent, whom oppose Quebec separatist causes and policies. It is believed separatists such as leader Rene Levisque hold racist, nativist or xenophobe tendencies, such as incidents and acts of Anti-semitism towards the province's sizable Jewish population, and the obsession with ethnocultural purity of French-Canadian "blood" (or references from Quebecois militants of their people belong to a "Nordique"/"Gaullique"/"Latine" race) falls in the line of racial nationalism, has lost credibility and respect among politically active Francophones and Quebecers alike. |