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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Stuff like this and the "base" he has created give off pretty harsh trump vibes. Here is a link confirming for those wanting one. Sorry I did not include it originally. https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.712106

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago (4 children)

This man says hard work while looking like he wouldn’t last 3 days without all the technology that the natives used to survive without. Bruh, we know what hard work is & how to do it, we just don’t give much of a fuck about doing it on your behalf.

So long as you’re still calling them “aboriginals” instead of I dunno like “The First Canadians,” then you’re making it crystal clear that you don’t care about them & you’re just mad that they aren’t letting you use, abuse, or manipulate them.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Just to be clear it is "The First Canadians" now?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

i've been raised as a Gen Z to learn "first nations", though aboriginal (from the root word aborigine) also means the exact same thing, so i personally don't comprehend how someone can find offense in using that word.

maybe they are used to seeing aboriginals to describe aussi natives? still, it essentially means "first of the region", or in other words, "first of the nation".

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, it's not offensive, but technically "First Nations" is a subgroup; Inuit and Métis being the other two.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How can the Métis be "first" anything? They're the product of intermarriage between native Canadians and European traders (mostly the French).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Yes, that's why First Nations refers to the folks directly decended from Native Canadians (culturally anyway), and not the Métis/Inuit.

Ad. Yes, the Inuit are Native Canadian but they prefer Inuit, and they're very culturally distinct. (Not that the array of first nations cultures aren't)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

Ah. I'd misunderstood what you meant. I thought you were including the Métis among the First Nations. My bad.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I just made that up but maybe? lol I dunno

[–] Gorilladrums 6 points 10 months ago

This quote is from 2008.. that's 15 years ago. Back then calling them aboriginals was a politically correct term. This "first nation"/"first Canadian" trend is incredibly recent and it still isn't widely accepted.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

He has never held a job outside politics so that is the reason he looks as though he has never done a days work.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Is indigenous frowned upon too? I don't want to be rude, but I can't keep up.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

indigenous, aboriginal, and aborigine, mean exactly the same thing. anyone getting offended at any of these word usages probably doesn't know the definiton.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Aboriginal should be same as indigenous, but "aborigine" is a racist term (due to historical usage) for the original peoples of Australia. I've never heard of it being used for anyone outside Australia.