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Originally Posted by REDVAN
I agree this is worth learning about, as it is Canadian history. It's also important because some people are still suffering the effects of it.
HOWEVER, I do NOT like the tone that comes with a lot of the discussion, ie/ "the white men did this" and since I am white, I am to blame. I'm sorry for what happened, but I'm not personally sorry for doing it because I didn't do it.
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That is something you read into it, and guilt has no benefit to what needs to happen next. That's on you to resolve, not the report or anyone else.
I'm second generation Canadian. I have very little to do with what happened. I do not feel "guilty". As a Canadian though, I feel it's our duty to repair wrongs that our nation did. It's not "in the past" and we can't just try moving forward and ignore it. Residential school system is more recent than segregation in the US. Should they forget about their wrongs and quit striving to improve civil liberties? No