[White Doors]

Originally Posted by underGRADFlame

I want to get in on this Aboriginal issue. This whole thing bugs me to no end.
I challenge someone to come up with one ethnic group that hasn’t been oppressed sometime in history. As far as I can tell every group has been, at one time or another, and odds are at another time that same group oppressed another group. It has been human nature from the beginning of time. I'm not saying this is right, I'm just stating that this is the way it has always been.
Now I understand the point of "this was there land" and "they were here first", but how realistic is this? Under this belief I could go back to Norway or England and claim that I am the rightful owner of certain lands because of my ancestry. It's been 100+ years and we still coddle them, I have my doubts that any of the new generation of aboriginals wants to go back to living in teepee's or long houses, and living off the earth, I could be wrong but I doubt it. The way the system is set up we segregate them from the rest of society, which ultimately cause problems. Other ethnic groups are able to integrate into our country but yet keep they're background and identity, but because these hand outs are provided to them they develop a feeling of entitlement. So why should they go out and join society when they know that the government will provide for them. I realize I'm generalizing here, there are a large number of aboriginals are upstanding members of the community, I have some in my family, and they are just as upset at current system, and the way the culture is brought down because some don’t want to accept change.
If aboriginals want equality and to be respected, then stop dwelling on the past, stop feeling sorry for yourselves and join the rest of the world, go to school, get a job, pay your taxes, raise your family be happy.

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