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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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Yes, that's the entire basis of language. You can call someone gay but you can't call them a homo. You can use the word c### far more freely in the UK than in America. Of course language has it's own rules, and of course those rules shift and change as society does and different regions have their own rules. Language is communication.
Systemic (not systematic) racism in the Quebec medical system or in a particular hospital/community also does not mean that indigenous people would not be treated or admitted, but it certainly would effect their treatment.