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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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For Indigenous peoples it is systematic, mostly due to the fact that it is a two tier system, one that quantifiably does not provide the same level of care for First Nations as it does for Settlers.
for example
In 2016, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) determined the Government of Canada's approach to services for First Nations children was discriminatory.
"Jordan River Anderson (October 22, 1999 – February 2, 2005) is
a First Nations child from Norway House Cree Nation in Manitoba.
He was born with complex medical needs and because the province
of Manitoba and the federal government could not agree on who
would pay for his at-home care, he had to stay longer in the hospital
unnecessarily. Jordan passed at the age of 5, never having had the
chance to return to his family home, his First Nation, and his loved ones"
https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/156839.../1568396159824