Mythbusting Indigenous Peoples get everything for free
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- Join Niigaan Sinclair as he debunks the widespread myth that Indigenous Peoples receive everything for free, such as education, health, and housing. Uncover the reality behind these falsehoods and understand how treaties, meant to be mutually advantageous, have left Indigenous communities struggling for the same rights and privileges that Canadians often take for granted.
Education was negotiated in the treaties by Indigenous leaders of the time. The fur trade was dying and they wanted their children educated so as to prosper in the "New World". Education for Indigenous people is a treaty right and Canada was fulfilling it's treaty obligations. Abuse unfortunately happened in ALL schools during that time period.
Talk about grossly misunderstanding the criticism, this isn't really the "line of attack" to dispute this point. "Debunking" is hardly what this is. It hardly addresses the criticism in a constructive way. Just pointing at treaties doesn't dispute it. The argument being made is that "equality of opportunity" [which is an essential idea many Canadians believe is a core idea in our country] should permit individuals to all get the same opportunities, not have collective privileges; the latter is the critique [which it is true, some people are getting things for free, that's still something worth acknowledging for no other reason than being born a particular way in Canada, and can't be denied], which this answer falls essentially into, without addressing the former [where the sentiment of the comment comes from]. Sinclair kind of missed half the conversation when he ignored this part of it [which is unsurprising, given U of Manitoba's lack of commitment to academic principles/standards and endorsing radical activist content over academics], hence my comment. This does not downplay any other kinds of concerns, but it should be noted that often the criticism comes from other people struggling, that can't have access to those same opportunities, for no other reason than the ancestry they were born into.
Your comment would be easier to read if you didn't insert so many asides in brackets. Maybe you could distill your critique into something more concise.