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[–] orioler25@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

"The suicide rate for children and youth was previously reported to be 10 times higher among males and 22 times higher among females between 2005 and 2007 in areas with a high percentage of First Nations people compared with low-percentage areas. In Inuit Nunangat, the Inuit homeland made up of the Inuvialuit Region (northwest part of Northwest Territories), Nunavut, Nunavik (Northern Québec), and Nunatsiavut (Northern Labrador), the suicide rate among children and youth was 33 times higher than for the rest of Canada between 2004 and 2008." ~ https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/99-011-x/99-011-x2019001-eng.htm

The act of genocide is ongoing, and will continue to be so long as this remains a settler-colonial state. Their conditions are worse on purpose, their options are limited on purpose. "Avoiding responsibility" is the same thing as fucking genocide; why do you think they'd have to avoid responsibility if they did not intend to benefit from those previous actions? You think Doug Ford doesn't realize the Ring of Fire is First Nations territory legally? You think Mark Carney isn't thinking about the Indian Act when his govt is slashing environmental protections with the explicit intent to construct extractive infrastructure without First Nations consultation?

"The list of reparations could be infinite." But they're not, and indigenous peoples across North America have been very clear about what reconciliation would take. You have inadvertently acknowledged that Land Back poses an existential crisis for US and Canadian imperialism, because the idea of shared relationship and respect for the land is the same as an infinite cost.

I know you people aren't too stupid to understand how actions correlate with consequences, not intent. So, I know there's a reason why you've chosen to suspend your object permanence when it comes to settler-colonialism. You know what it is, you just don't like how comfortable you are benefiting from it. Wait 'till you hear about what Canada does internationally.

Tell those fucking kids who are killing themselves because of Canadian imperialism and settler-colonialism about how it's actually been over for fifty years and they should just stop asking for the criminals to accept justice. Disgusting. Spineless.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca -1 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Never been to a remote community. Drinking is higher and real remote suicide is higher. There is nothing to do but drink fuck and fight. And I'm sick of this Nobel savage bull shit and your so racist you don't even know it. They are humans and just as fucked up as the rest of us.

[–] orioler25@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 hours ago

"You're racist for recognizing systemic violence." People like you disgust me. Not only are you spineless and (actually) racist, you don't even have the stomach to shut the fuck up and continue to benefit from a fundamentally violent and unequal system. If you want to be a moral person, stop being how you are now.