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Originally Posted by valo403
How is that first statement racist? I expect you won't answer, you've already ducked this question and I assume it's because your aim is nothing more than agitation. You come in here with ridiculous accusations, you promise a response (that never comes), you fail to respond to pointed questions and critiques, and you generally demonstrate a lack of desire to debate issues.
I wouldn't be so bothered by this if you didn't decide to tar people with the "racist" brush from the start, but when you play that card you're asking to get raked over the coals if you don't back it up. So get to backing it up.
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Its racist because it perpetuates the myth that First Nations people are in the position they're in because its their own fault for being lazy and not working harder. It perpetuates the myth that institutional racism is a thing of the past and that we now live in a meritocracy where people only have themselves to blame for their socio-economic situation. Arguments like that ignore the historic policies that are the reason Canada's aboriginal people are in the boat they're in now.