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RE: Debate Forum - Week 5 - Indigenous Reconciliation

in #ungrip7 years ago

I think you would find that the vast majority of the indigenous would be highly insulted being called Canadian. They are not Canadian and nor am I. They associate with their own nation, a concept that most Canadians fail to recognize or even comprehend. Being Canadian is to be colonized and they reject the idea of colonization as it represents genocide. I too reject being Canadian for the same reasons. I've worked far too long and hard to decolonize myself to have other people try to lump me back into that group. I'm curious if you or anybody within this debate have entertained the idea of spending time with them, learning their culture and hearing what they have to say about this entire topic. I'm also curious if anybody will contemplate ending the violence so that the relationship can be reconciled. What are your thoughts about those issues?