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Originally Posted by Major Major
I took Peter's question to mean are we presently racist. That's the question he answered. And I think he's right that most aren't or the issue isn't driven by racism. Underexposure yes. And I think Peter was trying to point toward ignorance as well. Which I think is legit.
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I would argue racism is still a major factor. It's less than before but it's still very prominent and acceptable in our society. Racism towards Indigenous Canadians is on the same level as racism towards African Americans in a lot of the US (at least in terms of the way people think and speak, the physical actions often go further down there), we just don't see it that way because it's always been varying levels of acceptable here.