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Originally Posted by Calgaryborn
I see some inequity in the discussion of race relations. A minority group can separate themselves and profile white people with no consequences. The apology made by Harper was an example of this. We were to apologize for things a few of our forefathers did. We moreover, will be paying for those sins. But the behaviour of a ethnic group can't be held to their collective account. In fact bad behaviour by ethnic groups more often then not, causes white soul searching because somehow we must be responsible for their actions. I've seen that on this thread. It is quite frustrating and will cause some to react with sweeping generalizations.
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As already mentioned, Harper apologized on behalf of Canada. Canadians come in many colours and races. "Not just White".
If it was designed to make you soul search, it should do the same to Chinese Canadians, Indian Canadians, black Canadians etc. as no one has ever been very good to Natives.
I'm not "white", but I'm glad Harper apologies on behalf of me, and I don't feel removed from the hardships Natives have faced because my skin is darker then yours.
For the bolded part, that's just not true. As I wrote in the thread earlier, my father was subject to similar incidents to the OP at the hands of skinheads many times. If we decided to profile all white people there would certainly be consequences.