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Originally Posted by valo403
Well is he painting every native with the same brush or is he addressing people who are looking for a hand out, don't work, don't go to school etc.? There's a joke there that strays into that territory, but otherwise I'd say he's talking about people who choose not to work etc., not about natives in general. Criticizing behavior because of the behavior is different than criticizing people based upon their race.
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I don't think he is painting every person with the same brush, but he is generalizing. The problem is, some of those generalizations are routed in fact. I'll highlight this in particular:
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The report, which is based on census data, found that 58 per cent of on-reserve aboriginal people between the ages of 20 and 24 had not graduated from high school. Among all people across Canada, the comparable 2001 rate was 16 per cent.
Once the 2012/2013 stuff starts to trickle in, we will have a better picture of the landscape, but these facts and figures are fairly alarming. They should not be ignored either or simply brushed off as racist.
I don't want to seem to brush off the impact of residential schools, but the last ones were closed in Alberta 38 years ago, in 1975. At what point do people need to move on with their lives and begin their healing, I have heard numerous talks on the topic, a fair amount end in tears. It is clear that many have not reconcilled this to date.