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Originally Posted by 81MC
I don’t know if someone who is opposed to gay rights in 2021 is a fair comparison for one who opposed sexual equality in 1850.
Also, wasn’t Ryerson long dead before any residential school was actually commissioned? And from by (very brief, probably whitewashed and Eurocentric) memory of that name, I don’t think Ryerson was some evil Indian-hating murderer? Misguided as ####, but the vilification of him specifically seems misplaced.
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In reality it doesnt matter, if changing the name of a school from some long dead white guy that 99% of Canadians have no clue about what so ever is a way of making amends, even if the dead white wasnt actually that bad but is just perceived as bad than change the name already, it shows humility and a desire to make amends, how many times have all of us had to apologise/make up for something we really weren't that guilty in a marriage but it was the right thing a good partner does to make the relationship work?
Christ we sell off the names of our stadiums to cell phone companies and those stadiums mean far more to far more Canadians than random schools, this is the easiest quickest way for white Canada to look like it gives a dam, it should be a no brainer.