Indigenous people already have to deal with the effects of generations of systemic racism. It’s cruel to make them deal with solving them, too.
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Mike Reeder is a sergeant with the Lethbridge Police Service. He’s been with the LPS for 32 years. In his spare time, he occasionally retweets racist stuff.
Yesterday, the Lethbridge Police Service published a media release regarding 6 arrests they made last Friday related to drug trafficking. In the release, they name all 6 individuals.
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Dehumanization is the key to colonization
The key to successfully colonizing a land is to dehumanize the people who were already inhabiting that land.
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Racism isn’t about skin colour
Racism isn’t really about the colour of our skin. It’s about power.
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Gun violence, race, and gender
Maybe it’s not gun ownership we should be talking about.
I get that it’s problematic for Justin Trudeau to dress up in brownface, but it’s also problematic when we focus on it.
Mexicans have more of a right to travel to and from what is now the United States than white Americans do.
I grew up thinking I was Indigenous. Or more particularly, that I was part Indigenous. I was taught that I was Métis, and that meant part French and part Cree.
A few months ago, I was discussing the concept of “a little bit racist” with a friend on Facebook. Before long, the conversation turned to Indigenous people, and his discussion points started to incorporate common myths white people believe about Indigenous people.