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[–] rusticus1773@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 year ago

This is what happens when sociopaths without empathy are allowed to write educational policy.

[–] S_204@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In canada there are bigots who claim that the residential schools were good for the indigenous peoples too.

In these schools, kids were ripped away from their families and homes and beaten until they stopped using their language and culture. The written goal of the school was to take the savage out of the Indian.

How anyone can try to spin these horrific events into a positive is beyond disgusting.

[–] vis4valentine@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

WHAAAAT Canada is racist too? It was supposed to be civilized USA! /s

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I stopped believing Canada were "The sane version of America" when they adopted the "Running a mild fever eh? Have you considered euthanasia?" policy

I'm fine with Right To Death, but it's when you start pushing it on vulnerable people to "free up a few beds" that I find it immoral.

[–] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

Did the catholic church apologize for the mass graves of native canadians found near those schools yet? I know the churches of other denominations that ran these schools have issued apologies.

[–] SpringMango7379@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is wild. I hope they get sued and lose horribly.

[–] lasagna@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago

I'll believe they believe it when they offer themselves up to become slaves.

[–] Pixlbabble@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

It taught them skills. lmao like what running away really fast?

[–] Yubishi@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Slavery was terrible for anyone black.

[–] Eldritch@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Not just them. Especially them. Slavery hurts everyone who works. We should gut slavery from the 13th amendment completely. The 13th amendment carve out for slavery is directly related to our racially disparate, booming prison populations. And zero focus on actual rehabilitation and assistance to help people out of those cycles. That would be bad for the steady involuntary workforce in many states.

[–] solarzones@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

I don’t know who got blackmailed into doing what but wow

[–] solarzones@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

I don’t know who got blackmailed into doing what but wow

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