How is this racism?
(montrealgazette.com)
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The question is always "Where is the systemic racism".
The question is never "Why is there 'systemic racism' ".
Why would people be racist towards Indigenous people?
Don't know about you...but my anecdotal evidence of pretty much every interaction with an indigenous person has been negative. A few good experiences. Mostly negative - whether its being accused of being a racist, simply for minding my own business, to confronting the thieves who stole my bike, to the drunk harassment on the street and the threats to start a fight (again, simply for minding my own business) or my personal favourite - when I was accused of being racist and threatened with an investigation from the CRA when I was 15 years old, working at a clothing store and 'charged tax' on this woman, who didn't present her status card to me, how was I supposed to know? - well after she was done losing her mind on me - I offered to correct the error and refund her the tax amount (it was easy to do). Instead, she chose to treat me like shit. How much money are we talking about? $1.61.
In other words...Indigenous people...get your shit together and maybe you won't feel like you're 'alien' to whitey.
Why, it's because the store was on reserve land, my smooth brained friend. I prefer to judge you on the content of your character, than the color of your skin.