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Originally Posted by Peanut
Actually I take that back. The ethnic background of the attackers could have played a role in this, which you could ultimately tie back to the treaty system and the state of native affairs in our country. And how two men came to be so angry and entitled as to abuse a girl like this could be tied back to endemic physical and sexual abuse, residential schools, substance abuse, etc. Those are problems plaguing some First Nations in our country.
But on the whole I don't know if ethnic background is relevant. It's not just native men perpetrating these types of crimes.
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I agree more with your original post, Peanut. Sometimes the original reaction is the correct one. "Disgust" describes my reaction, and that was before we knew if the perpetrators were white, black, red, orange or purple.
The victim here is the young woman. End of story as far as I am concerned.
Edit: I will concede that if the story came out that the police rounded up the two native men without any evidence they were the perpetrators, then the race issue would be a real issue. I haven't heard anything that would suggest this is the case.