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Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
These types of name changes remind me of Malcom X's quote:
“The white man will try to satisfy us with symbolic victories rather than economic equity and real justice.”
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That's all well and good, but I wonder how much progress society would have made if we ignored these symbolic victories and continued the status quo of throwing the N word around derisively?
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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
What purpose does a reference to "people living in BC" serve when addressing Indigenous Peoples or other individuals who do not recognize British Columbia to begin with? For anyone identifying as a member of a sovereign nation it might feel like occupier language to say that they are "people living in BC."
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It's people first language. Disabled person vs person with a disability.
Now this doesn't always apply as 'autistic person' is generally preferred to 'person with autism'. It largely boils down to identity - being autistic or gay is an intrinsic element of a person. Losing an arm in a wood chipper or having MS may be an omnipresent factor in a person's life, but it's not really an intrinsic quality. Being blind or deaf can probably fall either way depending on the person.
Indigenous person living in BC makes sense. And spare me the BS about not recognizing BC - most of us are smart enough to understand the nuance involved when someone declares that sort of thing. Danielle Smith is the premier of the province I live in but she sure as #### is not 'my premier'...I would even go so far as to say I do not recognize her as a premier (because she is a malignant ####).
British Columbian who is Indigenous...or even Indigenous British Columbian ascribes intrinsic identity to something that doesn't necessarily deserve it.
Personally, I am intrinsically Canadian. I am not intrinsically Albertan or Calgarian. I am probably intrinsically white, but for a whole boatload of reasons it isn't equivalent to being intrinsically Black, for instance.