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Originally Posted by GirlySports
The word systematic is also a slippery slope. Could the nurses be racist? Yes. Could the entire staff of that unit be racist? Yes. But systematic racism would mean that all aboriginals are treated poorly by the institution where they are not even admitted to the hospital at all or not treated.
Also, language seems to have it's own rules. From above, you can't call someone oriental but you can call them asian. You can call someone white, brown or black and you can't call someone red or yellow.
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We have an Act in Canada that legislates systemic racism and a parental relationship over First Nations people. We have systemic racism in Canada because it has been legislated into the system.
You seem to be confusing individual racism of was the nurse being racist or just an #######
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Do we have systems in place that lead to disproportionately negative outcomes for First Nations people. The answer to the second is obviously yes by any single metric you can measure First Nations people are poorer life outcomes.
Anyone who questions whether systemic racism exists in Canada is uneducated.