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Originally Posted by rubecube
I would actually be very interested in studying generational impacts on Ukranians who were directly involved with the policies of Stalin, either the starvation or relocation. You previously mentioned the Irish as well but either are unaware of or failed to recognize the generations of violence the Irish subjected themselves to while under British rule
You're also demonstrating a certain level of cognitive dissonance. Many Ukrainians and the Irish chose to flee their homelands instead of assimilating with the colonialists. Is that the option you're suggesting to aboriginals? What does that say about us?
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So regardless of 'dominating culture' you are suggesting that the current plight of Ukrainians and Irish who fled to Canada would be less advantageous than the current situation of Native Americans living in Canada? No one is saying that they should leave, but if they had, would they be better off? What if they just left the reserves and moved into general population as other groups had?
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Except that your argument is based on a false premise that it's been tried my way. How can you say that the indigenous population has been given a chance at self-determination when accounting for issues such as residential schools and the multiple failures of the federal government to live up to their ends of various treaties?
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And your premise is once again ignoring the reality that many other oppressed social groups have overcome, and the blatant failure that is current policy in Canadian reserves. Judged by their outcome, would you suggest that the Russian policy of Ukrainian Genocide is a better strategy than the Canadian Reserve system?