I saw this article and I was wondering about it because its a tough question. I know we give preference to First Nations for hiring and schooling already. But is it right to prefer First Nations in homeless housing, aka Reverse Racism?
http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-heather-street-modular-housing-approved-august-2018
I would understand if there was no government support (entirely run by the tribes) in this project, but there is. So now I have to ask, why are we allowing ethnic preference when we spend government funds? I know if we made homeless housing that gave white people preference there would be protests. Probably the same if it was Asian only. Do the white homeless people have less of a right/need to live in homeless housing? If not, does this mean they are less important?
Americans have the Fair Housing Act that "cannot delay or otherwise deny admission based on the race, color, ethnic origin, gender, religion, disability, or age of any member of an applicant family.”"
https://www.theurbanist.org/2018/07/23/c...e-fight-against-displacement-in-seattle/
I myself believe the solution to racism is to stop caring what race anyone is (eracism). But now it seems like we are moving towards racial preferences/racial segregation on the opposite end of the spectrum where we give additional benefits above average to certain races instead of taking them away?
Should the government be allowed to give preference in its policies towards people of one color over another? Doesn't this violate Section 15 of the charter which guarantees racial equality?
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1) Everyone has the right to equality before the law and to equal protection of the law without discrimination because of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age or sex.
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