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Why is it ridiculous to try to keep your culture and heritage alive? Just because your country spent over 100 years trying to eradicate indigenous culture with
by onei 6y ago
Why is it ridiculous to try to keep your culture and heritage alive? Just because your country spent over 100 years trying to eradicate indigenous culture with residential schools, doesn't mean you should move on.
- Rule35 6y agoBecause your culture is either your day-to-day life, or it's a performance you put on to self-reenforce your identity. If the later, it's not important and you can relegate it to a historical observation. In this case, if they're trying to hold onto it that means it's not part of daily life. They're adding friction to people's lives and wasting children's learning time on trivia. Also, let's talk performative political correctness for a moment. Any other message is racism of low expectations. "Natives can and should live in the wild because that's their way." -- TooManyPeople It's race-focused and thus ridiculous. The best life outcomes (in Canada and everywhere) are in the cities and by-definition, not related to native culture or practices. Poor non-indigenous people know this and move there for opportunity. We shouldn't burden indigenous people with this ahistorical and racist expectation that they'll forego their potential to live in the wood and manage nature, speaking dead languages. Natives are people, not political points.