The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #120986 Message #2644323
Posted By: Rifleman (inactive)
30-May-09 - 03:40 PM
Thread Name: BS: BNP: What would you do?
Subject: RE: BS: BNP: What would you do?
Fred, as I've noted already my complexion isn't the same as theirs. I've fought racism all my life and will fight it till my last breath. I've seen what this sort of trash can do to families and to individuals.
In 1928, a (Canadian) government official predicted Canada would end its "Indian problem" within two generations. Church-run, government-funded residential schools for native children were supposed to prepare them for life in white society. But the aims of assimilation meant devastation for those who were subjected to physical, sexual and emotional abuse. Decades later, aboriginal people began to share their stories and demand acknowledgement of — and compensation for — their stolen childhoods.