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Originally Posted by Rathji
Are you saying you needed to attend a residential school or live on a reserve, etc to properly judge how much of a net advantage/disadvantage they gained from being in that situation and others like it for 200+ years?
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I would say that someone's perspective would be much different if they have first hand experience. Absolutely.
And that goes with pretty much everything in life.
"Blame" in these situations is never 100%. The reservation system is one of the most racist institutions on the planet and for that, white people are to blame (or certain white people).
(I suppose acknowledging this makes me racist against white people now!)