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Originally Posted by Cowperson
If that's the picture its because aboriginals have painted it themselves. . . . . and, if you read back through your comments, you're essentially agreeing with me while tacking on the opposite conclusion at the end.
And no, that doesn't sound like the government that leads one of the more multi-cultural, racially diverse nations in the world . . . . in spite of its innumerable flaws.
Which might lead us to another point . . . . why is it that a single racial minority in one of the wealthiest and more multi-cultural, racially diverse nations in the world is unable to integrate and take advantage of the opportunities available to the common man and instead chooses to confine itself to fixed ghettos?
That, my opponent, is merely stating a factual observation with a relevant question attached.
Cowperson
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I don't think that natives are treated as the common man as you suggest. Look how Tootoo was treated by fellow Canadians while playing junior hockey. I agree they can help themselves a bit more but i think the ghettos and the mindset that you are talking about is trickling down from generation to generation, bands that thrive continue to thrive and bands that don't continue not to.
Canada may be a racially diverse nation but i don't think they are helping themselves by the way they are doing things. I brought this up in another thread but it might be relevant here as well. Why do we see skilled imigrants come from other countries only to be told that the certificate that they hold does them no good? We are crying for doctors and trades people, why not set up a 3-6 month course to ensure that these people can transfer the education that they had in a different country to this country rather than having them wash floors in an office tower?
From my opinion, natives are looked down upon most in Canada in comparison to any other visible minority, that's brutal considering that they had this land prior to any whites. As harsh as it is to say, most people have natives classified as scum, when people portray them as such i can imagine it's brutal to be walking in their shoes.