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Originally Posted by Spocket
It should be obvious to anybody with a set of eyes that aboriginals commit more crime on average. That's not the same thing as saying that if you're aboriginal you must be a criminal. Let's face it, we all also happen to have a pretty good idea of WHY aboriginals commit more crime and we also know who's to blame. So, instead of sugar coating everything to ensure that nobody feels offended by facts, let's just face them and deal with it.
And before anybody tries to label me a racist or bigot I'll point out that right now I have a friend staying with me until he can find his own place (it ain't easy to find the right place for your needs these days unless you have an unlimited cash flow) He also happens to be visibly aboriginal.
LordMandeep has the right attitude and I wish I heard it more often . "I am CANDADIAN" I'm sick of hearing people describe themselves as hyphenated Canadians.
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I totally agree. A walk through Headingly or Stony will affirm that there is a correlation between the Aboriginal population and urban crime rates.
It's not surprinsing that the four large urban centres on the MacLeans list (Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg and Edmonton) all have fairly high crime rates. They also have relatively large aboriginal populations.
This subset of the population clearly needs help, but if you try bringing this up as a white man your labelled a racist.
If you ask me, the Aboriginal leadership (tribal chiefs etc) have an important role to play here. Unfortunately, I have yet to hear of any kind of economic vision from these leaders.
Its too bad that our city can't have an honest discussion about the economic divide between Aborginals and Whites without it degenerating into accusations of racism by the more politically correct.
Winnipeg's future is directly tied to the well being of First Nations people.
This is probably the most important discussion our community can have.
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