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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I would argue that its not as much that we dismiss the problems of natives, the sheer amount of money being spent on that kind of argues the opposite.
At this point what's being ignored is the sheer native on native issues where they're being screwed over by their own leadership, and that's becoming a bigger problem.
The solution is to modernize the governments expectations and roles here, but nobody wants to do it because there's not enough agreement to make that change.
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I think on a lower level we are pretty racist towards Natives.
I remember feeling really weird being out at a pub, sitting next to a hammered Native guy. Because I was the hammered white guy sitting next to him. And it was ok for me. But my brain jumped to wondering if this guy had a problem with booze and if it was ok for him to be out getting hammered. Totally not cool, but it happened.
If I go walk down Stephen Ave in my working on the car sweatpants and a hoodie, People think, wow, that guy has bad fashion sense.
A native guy who lives in Mount Royal comes down and does the same thing, everyone assumes he's homeless.