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Originally Posted by DiracSpike
"Participating" means joining the rest of us in cities that are consistently rated the most livable in the world and leaving reservations where the drug abuse, teen pregnancy, suicide, single motherhood, crime, illiteracy, and alcoholism rates are all sky high.
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Close, but:
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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Namely, a definition of what that IS, without resorting to laziness that is no more than naming the “First Nations things” they should stop doing.
How do you define Canadian culture? And how do you separate those contributing to your version of it, and those who aren’t?
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Again, “participating in Canadian culture” is a pretty big idea, so what does it mean? Are you saying that just “not living on a reserve” is participating in Canadian culture? That’s it? Because that’s weak, it’s just suggesting that Canadian culture is city living, and by that measure there are a significant amount of non-status Canadians living outside Canadian culture, probably a higher number than there are FN people.
On top of that, most FN people don’t live on a reserve, so if we’re going to suggest First Nation people should participate in Canadian culture, we should make sure our definition of “participation” isn’t something that the vast majority of FN people are already doing.