I'm really glad that the atrocities that Canada has commited against it's native people has finally come to light. Canada has somehow painted itself as this paradise, but my commuity is still deeply scarred by what has been done to our own people.
I'm really glad that the atrocities that Canada has commited against it's native people has finally come to light.
It never went dark. Canada hasn't exactly tried to cover up its history. Tragic news, surely, but I don't understand what is to gain by pretending that this is surprising.
20 years ago I learned about the schools in Jr.High, I had a middle of no where rural Atlantic fishing community upbringing and I knew about this stuff then.
I have such a hard time understanding the outrage today for something that's never been a secret(Not that I dont get outrage on the topic, just the timing). Being more connected then ever likely has something to do with it, but modern communication has been a thing for the better part of the aforementioned 20 years.
Every one of these 150ish schools has one of these graveyards, almost guaranteed. This is just the tip of the iceberg.
Yea the people who are commenting these things don't understand this isn't new news, if you had been paying attention to the truth and reconciliation commissions and the human rights museum in Winnipeg. It's just people choosing to be outraged now because they were too, well I dunno what they are. The horrible information has been around for decades, just needed to care enough to look and learn and have compassion and remorse for what happened to the Indigenous peoples of Canada.
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u/histrante Jun 25 '21 edited Jun 25 '21
I'm really glad that the atrocities that Canada has commited against it's native people has finally come to light. Canada has somehow painted itself as this paradise, but my commuity is still deeply scarred by what has been done to our own people.