Maybe before these Indigenous protestors come to Ryerson to vandalize and destroy property, they should deal with their own history. They can start by tearing down statues of their own people, like Mohawk Chief Thayendanegea (aka Joseph Brant), who has a reserve, a county, and town named after him just down the 401 from here? He has several statues erected honouring him, including one on Ottawa, and one in Brantford.
most of it (slavery in pre-Canada ) was slavery of native peoples, mainly by other native peoples.]
Natives had been in the black slave trade since the mid-17th century.
In Canada, and locally, one of the foremost native slave traders and slave owners was the renowned Joseph Brant, Chief of Tyendinaga Mohawk. His first venture into the field was purchasing a seven year old orphan girl daughter of freed slaves, who had been kidnapped by whites in upper New York State. Rather than return the girl to her parents, Brant put her to work.
Maybe these protestors should look to their own historical failings first, and rename their places and institutions, before demanding others do it.
Maybe we should tear down Thayendanegea’s statue in Ottawa or Brantford? I’m sure the police would sit idly by if a white person did that, just like they sat idly by today at Ryerson, right? Right?
My town also built a rainbow crosswalk. They spent $40K on it too. People did burnouts on it and it was a "hate crime". The paint faded six months later anyways.
Ughh. The town is massively congested due to an exploding population and no planning whatsoever. City hall keeps making roads narrower to accommodate bike lanes and bus lanes.....there are so few buses and bicyclists that it's obscene to make lanes for them. Homelessness, junkies and crime associated with both is rising at an alarming rate. Main street is looking more like a scene from some dystopian 80's action flick, Robocop or something.
But hey, gotta make "Inclusivity and equity" (whatever the fuck that means) a top priority right! That's at the top of the list for city hall. These jokers should be tarred and feathered.
Maybe before these Indigenous protestors come to Ryerson to vandalize and destroy property, they should deal with their own history. They can start by tearing down statues of their own people, like Mohawk Chief Thayendanegea (aka Joseph Brant), who has a reserve, a county, and town named after him just down the 401 from here? He has several statues erected honouring him, including one on Ottawa, and one in Brantford.
Maybe these protestors should look to their own historical failings first, and rename their places and institutions, before demanding others do it.
Maybe we should tear down Thayendanegea’s statue in Ottawa or Brantford? I’m sure the police would sit idly by if a white person did that, just like they sat idly by today at Ryerson, right? Right?
My town also built a rainbow crosswalk. They spent $40K on it too. People did burnouts on it and it was a "hate crime". The paint faded six months later anyways.
Ughh. The town is massively congested due to an exploding population and no planning whatsoever. City hall keeps making roads narrower to accommodate bike lanes and bus lanes.....there are so few buses and bicyclists that it's obscene to make lanes for them. Homelessness, junkies and crime associated with both is rising at an alarming rate. Main street is looking more like a scene from some dystopian 80's action flick, Robocop or something.
But hey, gotta make "Inclusivity and equity" (whatever the fuck that means) a top priority right! That's at the top of the list for city hall. These jokers should be tarred and feathered.
if you include gays more than they are included in society right now you'll have to get yourself some anal ointment