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RIP - CBJ goalie Matiss Kivlenieks
MeanSeanBean replied to AriGold's topic in General Hockey Discussion
RIP.. that's so sad. So young. Who hadn't been reckless with fireworks in their time... Heart goes out to his family. -
Bullying. The calling card of a great person. I have dyslexia which makes typing on my phone very difficult when auto correct doesn't work right. Also why I often have to edit my posts over and over again because it takes me numerous reads to catch errors. I said my Nana was first Nation, never once said anything about my wife. You can call BS all you want, could care less what you think because based off your post here you don't seem like a very good person. The fact you are willing to question my wife's ethnicity shows your quality as a person. Still doesn't change the fact you inserted yourself into a subject and got litterally every point wrong. I can also let you know that no matter what you reply back I will not be replying back to you because I can tell no conversation with you is worth having.
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Why would you say something so controversial, yet so brave? I agree with you that Eklund will be the best player from the draft. I don't have him going 1st overall, but I think when things are said and done he should. I have him at 3 myself with Buffalo take Beniers and Powers going 2.
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It's the trickle down effect. It's the same problem we see in the lower/middle class of America. Life is difficult, and financial issues are the leading cause of that. People believe that if big businesses are successful, the economy will be thrive. If the economy is doing well, their pockets may get just a little heavier. Problem is it rarely works out that way, and the only people who benefit are the powerful.
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Right, but by proving his background you could then be granted the same support which may be able to cover some of the therapy costs you mentioned in your post? It just seems absurd to me that him being placed into a program that was designed for First Nations children isn't enough proof. Birth records are paper, and go missing all the time due to neglected or natural disaster. I was under the impression that when Trudeau got into power his intent was make it easier for First Nation people to reclaim their lost status. My Great Great Grandmother lost her status when she married a Irishman. Under the acts that Trudeau implemented my Nana was able to go through the process to reverse that and receive her status. It was important to her to do, just so she could feel more comfortable with who she was and her heritage. It stopped with my Nana and my Mum never applied, but it's important that my Nana has that. It's rediculous that someone who could use their status to receive important support is unable to do the same..
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Thank you for sharing that. It's not your duty or obligation at all, but it is much appreciated all the same. This probably a rediculous question due to the neglect shown by the Canadian government time and time again, but why isn't your Father being a survivor of the sixties scoop enough proof for him to be recognized? If he was placed in a program, that's entire purpose was to rehome First Nation kids into foster homes, wouldn't that be enough. Again, this seems like a pedantic question due to how frequently the Government bumbles this types of affairs, but that just doesn't make any sense to me.
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Context. I told people the should shut up and listen when expressing opinions that negatively effect some people and have zero effect on themselves. I fully back that opinion, and we are fundamentally different types of people if you don't. Furthermore, if we fundamentally disagree on something that firmly, we have nothing left to talk about. Neither of our opinions will change on the subject, and no productive conversation will come from it. Have a good day.
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My partner is Black and my Dad's American, I'm a duel citizen. I'm currently drawing awareness to our current racial injustice. You somehow managed to insert yourself into a conversation that has nothing to do with you, make numerous assumptions that were all incorrect (which is actually pretty impressive), then make a argument that is invalid due to the fact I currently am trying to point on injustice within our own community. Do you see the irony in this situation that you litterally just did the exact thing that is the problem.
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People should listen to you if it's something that effects you and has no negative effect on other people, yes. But if your opinion is on something that doesn't effect you whatsoever, and does negativity effect someone else, then no, you don't. Everyone gets a voice, as long as that voice isn't used to suppress other people. I'm trying to understand where you are coming from. The entire basis of this conversation is the term native not being used anymore. Are you saying that if someone who is not First Nations thinks the term native is fine they should be able to continue to use it, even if it's not what the First Nation population wants to be referred to as anymore. Because that's the entire reason who we are engaged in a conversation right now.
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No, we're not. We should be, that is the end goal for sure. But it's naive to the point of disrespect to say that right now. There is inequality between groups of people anywhere you look. If your statement was true America wouldn't have boiled over to the point where the Black Lives Matter movement needed to take place. We wouldn't need to be having the discussion of the forces assimilation of our First Nation people. Israel and Palestine wouldn't currently be at war. We just aren't there yet.
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Not in all cases. During the Black Lives Matter movement I learned some very important things. Sometimes you don't get to have an opinion on something if it doesn't negatively affect you and does effect others. Sometimes the best, and only thing you can do is sit back, listen, and respect others. That is the only way we are going to slowly start making progress. I was having a conversation with my best friend's brother, and the subject of the Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben phasing out the rascial stereotypes came up. He was upset upset because he thought it was too far and a stupid thing to be focused on because it wasn't that bad. At the time I didn't have enough information on the subject to have any sort of opinion. After the conversation I did my research and I took that idea to my wife, a vocal supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement. She simply explained to me that as a white man he had zero say in what members of the Black community find offensive. If those companies are rebranding because people did find those stereotypes offensive, then you duty to respect that's how a group of people feel. It doesn't effect you, but it may effect them. If you put your back up against it and express yourself against the change, when it has nothing to do with you, then you are on the wrong side of the fence and being counter productive to the equality the world is attempting to achieve. This is the same situation. This entire conversation started because we were discussing the phasing out of using the term native to describe our Indigenous population. Even if it was something that was widely used before, if the shift starts that it's no longer the most politically correct term to use, it's a communities job to come together and respect that. Now I'm only going off my family and friends, I don't know if it's wide spread across BC, or even Canada. But I know in my community that's just not the correct terminology.
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It's shocking how frequently my wife is asked that question, and it makes her uncomfertable every time. I hadn't ever fully realized until I heard it first hand a few times. People will even press and ask again if she says "here", like it's any of their damn business why her skin is of a different pigment. In contrast, if I'm asked the same question they will ask "so were you born on the island". Not the much more blunt, and rude, "so where are you from".
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Yes, they do. As a point of pride, peticularly in the younger generations. And yes, in my opinion you shouldn't be. Peticularly in a thread where you are the first person in over 100 replies to so. Doesn't that make you think, hey, maybe that isn't right? Using your exact argument, would you think it's ok to call a Black person by the N word, just because they do amongst themselves?
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Right, I'm glad you brought that up. Native is often a term used in the First Nation community, peticularly in the younger generation as a point of pride. Much like the N word is sometimes used in the African American community. But it's not something that you would respectfully reffer to someone as. At least I definitely wouldn't. Indian is definitely now something we do not reffer to our First People as. It has been like that for a good while now. Native is more recent, but it isn't the correct term anymore. Peticularly when we are trying to have a serious conversation about something such as the residential schools. If I'm incorrect here I would love for a First Nations person to step in and let me know though.
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I'm basing my opinion off my family and friends who are First Nation who have now moved away from wanting to be referred to as native. In this conversation we are having, I felt it was very notable that it was the first time I heard someone reffering to First Nations as "natives" and it took 5 pages. Out of curiosity, since you have now entered into this conversation, are you First Nations or Indian. I'm not quite sure if I interpreted your post correctly, but I read it as you are Indian, correct?