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Originally Posted by TheU
A glib comment to you was my reality growing up in Winnipeg and having a cottage 30 mins north of a native reserve. Shopping carts full of cases of beer is something I saw on the news, not something I just created in my mind.
Or how about in the reserve of scantebury there was a gas station with a restaurant. They had their urinal pucks go missing. The problem? Natives were eating them for the alcohol content.
Move along, nothing to see here I guess.
As far as you being native and the problems of being native being very raw and real to you and your family, for that I am sorry and I do emphasize. It can't be easy seeing other natives having such problems and not dealing with them very well. It doesn't change the reality of the situation, however, and your personal attacks on me and labeling me as racist don't advance your cause
Would you agree that the best way to start helping natives now is to reform how the reserve system works and get people off them? I can't imagine how a reserve system can continue to be functional with all we know now
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I get your reality and I believe you. Some peoples realities were having their families killed by German S.S. but I hope they were able to move on and not hate all Germans. Some people lived this horror of poverty and alcholism and were able to stop the cycle (native or otherwise.) You may have a point about the reserves. Thats were they were put, with other ememy tribes to probably get rid of them. Remote areas, wanting them to farm when they were hunters, free and easy promotion of the ol' fire water and you get a receipe for genocide. With what you point out and the highest suicide rate amongst young people in Canada, maybe there is no point. I hope not.