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Originally Posted by blankall
Abolishment of the reserve system would result in cultural genocide. It's the natural progression for a dominant culture to assimilate a smaller one.
In South Africa, you have a situation where the numbers are reversed and white people only make up about 10% of the population. Even then, they are largely being pushed out.
By saying getting rid of reserves would fix aboriginal issues, you're essentially saying that getting rid of aboriginals would fix aboriginal issues. Although technically correct, it's not the way forward.
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Yes forcing them to live in terrible poverty without water or proper healthcare in order to preserve the idea of their "culture" makes total sense.
I'm sure that the people living in the 3rd world conditions on the reserves find solace in their "culture" being protected over their health and well being.
That makes more sense then fixing their quality of life and worrying about how to preserve their culture as a secondary concern.
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Originally Posted by rubecube
People don't like reserves because they're visual representations of the problems aboriginals have to deal with. It's easier to ignore when they're mixed in with the general population. It's not like aboriginals who leave the reserves necessarily go on to better lives.
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Yes they do. Like, substantially. Especially economically speaking.