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Originally Posted by PsYcNeT
"I can't be racist, I have black friends!" Come on man, you're not even trying.
Hate the people, not the race. I mean, I hate you because you're a bigoted #######, not because you're non-native.
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Do you have anything constructive to add or are you just here to throw one-liner insults at everyone you disagree with?
Every native discussion always goes the same direction.
"We need to stop throwing money at them"
"Get over it"
Followed by
"You're a bigot"
"It's a systemic problem that is too complex for you"
With neither side actually offering solutions. So apart form going back to Europe (You know, cause European history certainly doesn't have any human rights blemishes..) what are we to do?
I'm more curious than knowledgeable on the subject so I don't even know where to begin. To those that have actually provided intelligent feedback (Cole?) what would you do to start fixing the situation if it was up to you? Would starting with an apology help at all?
You mention higher birth rates and as most of us surely know birth rates go down with education so how do you ensure better education?
Regarding crime rates I have a hard time believing that in this day and age the courts would hand out longer sentences based on the colour of ones skin. However, if that's what the stats say than it's clearly still an issue. How do we overcome that?
I'm of the belief that segregation promotes racism. I'm going to oversimplify this but could it be as simple as children playing together? Kids don't see colour. Adults see colour when they're exposed to it for the first time and it's something they're not familiar with. You can't take the racism out of someone that has lived it their entire life. You can however prevent racism in the future generations. The judges and politicians of tomorrow are not born racists. They're raised racist when they hear about "the reserves" and their first exposure to the natives is full of negative images downtown (substance abuse, violence, homelessness). So by starting at a young age you shape their minds from thinking "all natives live on the streets and therefore are up to no good" to "that native lives on the streets but my good buddy Jim who I spent by childhood playing Lego with was such a great guy that it's surely not the colour of your skin that determines who you are".