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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
The longer ago it happened the worse it is for Peters in my mind. This means he has had ample time to reflect, change, and offer an apology to Aliu.
He wasn't young. It wasn't 'appropriate' or the 'norm' when he said it. This isn't naivety. There's no excuse for him to pretend he didn't know it was wrong. This isn't a case of someone who grew up in the 80s or outside of Canada calling an Indigenous person Native. It's not even a case of someone using the R word flippantly. This was just unadulterated racism....in 2008.
He didn't face repercussions then, he made no attempt to atone, he can face them now.
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People who are racist don't do this though. Peters probably barely remembers it, like Justin.