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| quote: | Originally posted by RavingLunatic
A summary of a few policies in canadian law:
Natives can apply for and receieve a "status card" that designates their band info, and certifies that they are in fact native. anyone of pure native descent can get one of these cards, or anyone with at least 1 grandparent native (i'm pretty sure about this, although the policy may have changed since I looked it up)
Once a person has a card, they are entitled to special tax breaks, they don't pay tax on cigarettes, alcohol, or gasoline. They are allowed to live on reserves.
They need lower scores in high school to be admitted into college. (and it is all paid for by the government, I worked my ass off washing dishes for 3 years to get my diploma, while some of my native friends got theres for free)
Certain jobs in the government are open only to natives(in direct violation to laws banning racial prejudice in hiring practices)
Certain jobs require a certain quota of natives(and other minority groups) to work in the position. this means that while the native may score lower on the test, than say, a white person(for example), they may get the job anyway while the white person is out of a job, because all the "native" positions have not been filled yet, but the "white" ones have. a clearly racist policy if you ask me.
High Schools have a special native counsellor for native issues, there are special native support groups around town (govt funded of course)
I think the way to stop racism is to elimate all racist policies from our laws, end preferential treatment, and start realizing that we are all one people regardless of the color of our skin. I didn't oppress anyone, so why should my tax dollars pay for compensation? and my native friends were never oppressed so why should they get all these benefits? what's happened in the past was horrible, but the path forward should be clear, to end racism, we need only to stop practicing it. |
so the government gives them tax breaks on substances (excluding gasoline) that are addictive and lead to complications such as increased risk of stroke, cancer, liver disease, etc. what a deal!!! what a way to enable a dependency. but of course it is their choice...? as far as the high school scores and college tuition goes, it really is a complicated issue. i don't know how things work in canada but do natives have their own schools compared to whites (for lack of a better term). or do whites have superior schools? now if natives are integrated into schools with whites, are those schools on par with education training as schools that are white dominated? for example, the upper crust white kids go to schools with lots of money and that extra money is hopefully translated into extra education. whereas our native compatriots go to state funded schools which hopefully receive enough money to cover costs of the school year. so i'm saying that there is quite possibly a disparity in education between the two groups which is why there are lower admission test score cut-offs for certain groups in differing socioeconomic status. it's "levelling the playing field" so to speak, although i've never really liked that term. and i can see why you would be angry that they get a free ride to college while you had to work for it, and i don't know if free college education is a way to reward a few individuals while the rest of the race does not fare as well. perhaps they should take the money reserved for free college education and pump it into elementary and high schools that natives attend and bolster their education at younger ages to "level the playing field" early on and then not have a disparity in test scores or free rides to institutions of higher knowledge. this way everyone benefits from these government funds since not everyone attends college, and those that want to go to college can and they just take out a bunch of loans and pay them off like the rest of us. i don't know. but might be helpful. just my two cents. cheers!
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