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Originally Posted by BoLevi
Justifications? What justifications.
I'm curious what the rate of death was in residential schools compared to two baselines. I haven't suggested any conclusions.
I'm interested in fully describing the problem. That's not a deflection - it fits within the "Truth" part of Truth and Reconciliation.
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Your questions imply conclusions.
If the death rate for residential schools are in line with the death rate of FN communities, what conclusion does that intuitively draw?
If the death rate for all FN communities is in line with Canada, what conclusion comes from that?
By just asking for rates of death, it is searching for a justification that Residential schools weren't as bad (or as deadly) as being advertised. Or that FN communities weren't as bad off as the rest of Canada. Neither of which are good conclusions as there will be a complex set of circumstances around each.
The problem is that we don't need to ask questions like this. We need to listen, we need to believe and look for ways to improve.
Ultimately death rates don't matter to this conversation. I don't care if more kids survived in residential schools than in FN communities. They were ultimately abused, neglected, forbidden from their culture, ripped from their homes and genocide was committed against their people.
Saying 4.5 children per 1000 died in Canada overall and 5.5 did on FN communities changes none of that and does nothing to the conversation but provide a reason to escape or justify the ultimate conclusion that Canada committed atrocities against FN people.