Aboriginals sue Canadian government over adoptions to white families during 1960s: Aboriginals who were adopted into white families during the 1960s “Scoop” are suing the federal government for the loss of their culture and emotional trauma.

I'm a white canadian and my family was intentionally nearly wiped out by the germans. where's my entitlements? My great grandfather died in a slave camp. my grandfather was put in one as a teenager, but escaped and made it here. the rest of that side of my family = exterminated. What the fuck do I get? nothing. what do the millions of other people around the world get as compensation for things that have happened to their relatives before them? nothing. Fuck where's all the compensation for the families of the black and chinese slaves?

Bad shit happens to everyone. ya maybe my great grandfathers next of kin might be due some "compensation".... sure my grandpa deserves some. but did they get any? no. Do I deserve any? fuck no. why the fuck would I in my right mind think I deserve anything for the hardships of my family 70 years ago?

Sure there are problems with native schools and sure they get the short end of the stick in many aspects.

But if you want to talk about "maintaining their culture" you need to accept one of two views. that they should either maintain the culture they had before "white man" came and 100% live off the land as they once did. Or accept that living with modern amenities and rights, means connecting with a different culture and way of life.

Fuck lots of families get kicked out of their houses and land to make highways wider and new developments, and they get a shitty buyout and a kick in the ass out the door. Do their kids deserve special rights and treatment for the next 10,000 generations? no.

You can't claim you're being stopped from maintaining your culture that primarily walked, and occasionally had horses, when you're driving a car down the highway. How do you complain about your poor schools are repressing your culture when what you had before was no more than shitty log huts? Tell my how a university degree is needed for someone who's way of life is hunting deer with a hand made bow?
Where was electricity in your society? where were modern drugs? where was the healthcare? where were the guns you use to hunt and the cars? where's the cellphones and internet? how about modern clothes? you guys want all that shit you never had and more.

Pick what you want to do, live in the present or live in the past and get over it.

Sorry man, but when you choose not to live in a modern society, and want all the perks, you are the one destroying your culture.

Natives are more than welcome in modern Canadian society, I have plenty of native friends. and they all have great jobs and are great people. and they've all maintained a connection with their ancestry. They choose to be a part of modern day society and do great for themselves.

If you sit back and think you deserve something because of something that happened to other people, or because you choose to live in some fucked up ancient culture that borrows convenient shit from the future any time they choose you're living in a dream world. a really shitty dream.

Why do you guys need anything from us? 90% of the country is wide open land, go live like you used to.

You guys are like the annoying little brother that doesn't want to eat at the dinner table because you hate the family but expects to be brought food while you watch tv living room and be provided a free bedroom, clothes, car, and everything else the rest of the family has.

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