[lit-ideas] Re: Canadian aboriginal women
- From: Ursula Stange <Ursula@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2004 12:22:38 -0400
Sins of commission followed by sins of ommission.
Sadly true for far too many aboriginal women and children.
More true out west than in Ontario, I think, but also sad here.
My husband and I came to Canada in the spring of 1968 early in the wave
of draft dodgers seeking a saner life. Civil Rights marches and riots
splashed nightly across Canadian television screens. A month or two
before, Chicago's west side had been in flames after the assassination
of MLK. When they heard we were from Chicago, our new neighbours in
Toronto asked us how Americans could be so intolerant, so violent, so
prejudiced against blacks. One of us, in turn, asked about Canadians
and natives and heard this: "Well, that's different. Indians are lazy
drunks." These were kind and friendly people who became friends and
who would not intentionally hurt anyone else, native or not. But the
incident has stayed with me, both a lesson and a warning.
Ursula
in North Bay
Eternitytime1@xxxxxxx wrote:
>Question about Canada:
>
>What about this? Anyone know?
>
>(since I started reading about Canada...to try to figure out Bush's
>attitude, you know...but still, no great loss without some small gain, after
>all..)
>
>Marlena in Missouri
>
>>From Amnesty International:
>
>Aboriginal women in Canada have largely been ignored by police and other
>officials, contributing to "an appalling state of racial discrimination and
>social marginalization," according to an Amnesty International report released
>
>Monday. Over the last 30 years, over 500 aboriginal women have disappeared or
>been murdered, Amnesty said.
>In its report, "Stolen Sisters: Discrimination and Violence Against
>Indigenous Women in Canada," the human rights group condemned what it says is
>a
>"terrible official indifference and apathy" toward native women, particularly
>those who end up in the sex trade.
>
>
>
>
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