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       Re: Western Racism and Islamaphobia in Canada
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       Date: October 2, 2023, 6:27 pm
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  HTML https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trudeau-says-denialism-rising-nation-marks-holiday-indigenous-reconcilation-2023-09-30/
       It's OK for denial to be white
       Trudeau says 'denialism' rising as nation marks holiday for
       indigenous reconciliation
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       > Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday warned
       about the rise of "denialism" and said uncovering the truth was
       more important than ever as the nation gathered to honor the
       lost children and survivors of indigenous schools.
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       > removed about 150,000 indigenous children from their families.
       Some were subjected to abuse, rape and malnutrition at schools
       in what the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 2015 called
       "cultural genocide."
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       Re: Residential schools
   DIR By: 90sRetroFan
       Date: October 25, 2024, 6:36 pm
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  HTML https://us.yahoo.com/news/biden-apologized-to-native-americans-for-boarding-school-abuses-the-indigenous-community-is-grateful--but-says-its-not-enough-195133531.html
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       > Native Americans across Indian Country shared mixed emotions
       this week after President Biden apologized for the U.S.
       government’s role in running Native American boarding schools
       across the country.
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       > During the 150-year practice, at more than 400 schools where
       the U.S. partnered with various religious institutions,
       Indigenous children were separated from their families and
       stripped of their language and customs in an effort to
       assimilate into white culture. There were also documented cases
       of abuse and death.
       > ...
       > However, Indigenous leaders and citizens across the country
       stressed that this is only the first step.
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       > “This is one of the most historic days in the history of
       Indian Country, and an apology of this size must be followed by
       real action,” Nick Tilsen, who belongs to the Oglala Lakota
       Nation and is president and CEO of the Indigenous rights
       organization NDN Collective, told Yahoo News.
       > ...
       > “At this moment in history, we have to remember many of the
       survivors of the boarding schools are still alive,” he said.
       “It's in every household and it's in every community. And it's
       directly tied to the struggles that our people have today.”
       > ...
       > Kassie echoed that actionable steps must follow sentiment.
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       > “As momentous and important as this day is, it's important
       that it's followed up with action,” she told Yahoo. “It's
       important that the records of what happened at these
       institutions that are held by the U.S. government and the
       Catholic Church are opened to Indigenous communities who are
       looking for answers. And it's important that those communities
       also have the opportunity to hold to account those institutions
       and individuals who abused them.”
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       > For Tilsen, it’s also a time to “center the survivors.”
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       > “As we sort of politically dissect this moment,” he said, “I
       also want to recognize the pain that is being resurfaced, and
       that our people deserve the right to have pain and they deserve
       the right to have rage in this moment while we lean towards
       moving forward in action.”
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       Everyone who went through any form of compulsory schooling is a
       victim of the violence initiated by this uniquely Western
       institution. As such, all of us have a personal duty to do
       everything in our power to destroy Western civilization. Those
       who feel no such duty are those whose spirits Western compulsory
       schooling succeeded in crushing.
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