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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
And as blankall pointed out, taking responsibility doesn't mean you should give up your home. It means you're consciously aware of your existence in the world in relation to everyone else's, how you've benefitted, and how you haven't.
Only good can come from everyone feeling responsible in even the smallest way. Nothing good comes from not. It doesn't mean you have to feel personally guilty or bad about yourself, it means you're fully aware.
There are people out there that resist, complain, or mock when we recognize the traditional territory we're on, literally the smallest thing we could possibly do as individuals, just recognizing the existence of something.
There are people who privately say to themselves "sure, I recognize this, I think it's terrible, I support these people, others should do more to make it right" but never do anything at all themselves, from what they say and do, when they speak up, to even who they vote for.
People are in the Canadian politics thread saying "I dunno, going to the moon seems nice!" when people are without clean drinking water. That shows that these thoughts of support are in isolation. They end when the mouth opens. They still want nice to haves while the problem persists. Clean drinking water for indigenous people doesn't have to be the highest priority item on your list of all things, but you would think that if you cared in the slightest it would be higher than something like going to the moon.
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Agreed, and as touched upon earlier in the thread a major part of that is education. I have an aboriginal status card and even I must admit to being very ignorant on the topic as a whole. I know my grandma was almost put into one of these institutions but had no idea what they were and how horrific they were.
If more people were educated on the topic say similar to the treatment of Jews in WWII its conceivable that there would be more of an effort and support system for aboriginal peoples. I am not saying that the two are at all comparable but I am learning more and more that they are more similar than I would truly like to believe.
As for the 'this is the government's fault', unfortunately that is not an answer. We are a functioning democracy and have been since these schools were implemented. So to say that everyone shares the blame isn't too far from the truth, at least for the voting population during that time.