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Originally Posted by polak
Oh you've done it now.
Don't you know that anything but full unadulterated dismissal of all stereotypes on CP is not allowed? No one on here rolls their eyes or gets uncomfortable when a group of drunk natives get on the train. We're all perfect, pure, humans.
The thing is, the stereotypes are true. Just look at the substance abuse, literacy, crime, STD, and other health and race-relation statistics for Aboriginals. Denying these stereotypes is just trying to be PC. The problems are real. The thing is the root cause for all of these problems is what Canada has done to the the first nations people by sticking them in segregated reserves.
It won't get better and the race-relations won't improve until the reserve system is abolished and the first nations people assimilate with the ROC. Plain and simple.
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This is the truth that no politician wants to accept. History is full of smaller cultures being integrated and absorbed into larger ones with good success, all segregation has ever done is create ghettos. If natives want to keep their heritage then no one's stopping them, there are countless ethnic minorities in Canada who honor and celebrate their traditions while still being part of the larger community. There's nothing stopping natives from doing the same, but they need to be brought into the fold as true Canadians