We never learned about residential schools growing up, not even in high school. I first started hearing about this crap when Trudeau was elected, no one gives a shit. I live in the city and the only natives I see are drug addicted alcoholics who panhandle all day, maybe residential schools weren't such a bad thing.
Most of the "thought leaders" of the time (early 1900s) believed in racism (anti-jew, anti-german, anti-japanese etc), eugenics, population control, and killing disabled kids. Amongst other things like trying social re-engineering.
Now the thought leaders support abortion, especially if your kid has Down Syndrome. And probably the secret world leaders still support eugenics and depopulation.
Basically, they had a lot of wrong ideas then, and people still have wrong ideas now.
natives that attended residential schools had higher literacy rates, were more likely to know their own languages, more about their own history and customs, were better educated and ended up more successful than natives that did not attend residential schools. they werent evil concentration camps that destroyed native ways of life. they are lying and making us out to be evil to make up for the fact theyare now left to their own devices and ended up listerine addicted meth heads with no jobs.
Naturally, Reddit is exploding over this. 'Schools should stick to anti-white, anti-male indoctrination. How else can we justify our leftist systemic racism and sexism?'
Sure RS had problems. They don't fit today's values. But they had good intentions and had much success. At its peak around 1900, they were fewer than 5% of aboriginal students. So they were hardly the root of all aboriginal problems. The USA had more RS but is not obsessed with them because that country has not been overtaken by hateful leftists bigots.
We never learned about residential schools growing up, not even in high school. I first started hearing about this crap when Trudeau was elected, no one gives a shit. I live in the city and the only natives I see are drug addicted alcoholics who panhandle all day, maybe residential schools weren't such a bad thing.
Don't worry. In another generation everyone will be indoctrinated into believing they were concentration camps.
Like most government programs, they start with good intentions. Then quickly devolve into a complete shitshow.
You're right, it was originally sincere attempt to integrate Natives.
When the church intervened, that's when it went downhill and became the stuff we hear about today.
At least, this is what I've heard from Natives up north.
Most of the "thought leaders" of the time (early 1900s) believed in racism (anti-jew, anti-german, anti-japanese etc), eugenics, population control, and killing disabled kids. Amongst other things like trying social re-engineering.
Now the thought leaders support abortion, especially if your kid has Down Syndrome. And probably the secret world leaders still support eugenics and depopulation.
Basically, they had a lot of wrong ideas then, and people still have wrong ideas now.
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natives that attended residential schools had higher literacy rates, were more likely to know their own languages, more about their own history and customs, were better educated and ended up more successful than natives that did not attend residential schools. they werent evil concentration camps that destroyed native ways of life. they are lying and making us out to be evil to make up for the fact theyare now left to their own devices and ended up listerine addicted meth heads with no jobs.
Naturally, Reddit is exploding over this. 'Schools should stick to anti-white, anti-male indoctrination. How else can we justify our leftist systemic racism and sexism?'
Sure RS had problems. They don't fit today's values. But they had good intentions and had much success. At its peak around 1900, they were fewer than 5% of aboriginal students. So they were hardly the root of all aboriginal problems. The USA had more RS but is not obsessed with them because that country has not been overtaken by hateful leftists bigots.