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31 May, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Have driven Bishop Grandin Boulevard in Winnipeg thousands of times without ever thinking he had a role in #ResidentialSchools Another reminder of our pathetically low level of awareness of the darkest chapter in Cdn history.
Like so many others, we grew up thinking Canadian history was extremely boring. We now know why. The people in charge of the education curricula whitewashed our real history. First they tried to make the Indigenous disappear. Then they tried to make real history disappear.
History was my favorite subject. But it was World history that seemed exciting and American history. Even our history teachers would tell us that Cdn history was boring. The term #residentialschools never passed their lips. Many yrs later I asked one of them "Did you know?"
He said "Yes....I knew." So naturally I asked, "Why didn't you discuss it in class, Sir?" Will never forget how his once powerful voice, now meek as a mouse, caked with shame, muttered six words that haunt me "It was not in the curriculum."

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I ask myself would Jesus have dumped the flesh and bones of 215 children, one of them, a 3 year old, into a massive pit ? No tomb. No stone. No markers of any kind. The Church's mission was to “take the Indian out of the child” Seems to me they took the Christ out of Christian.
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Apparently I have lost followers because of my tweeting about the #KamloopsResidentialSchool Some exiting followers have messaged me saying the tweets lack respect for Canada. I have a message for them, since I know they still peak, even though they are no longer "followers."
My respect for Canada is not defined by a blind loyalty to the government of this day, much less governments of the past and ancient past. My public and private thoughts about the Kamloops kids and Canadian responsibility come from a place of respect for Canadian values.
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Getting very weary and trying as best as I can to tame the anger impulse, as I keep hearing people say that the toxicity in #alberta is all about Covid or it's all about the penchant for individualism, or the geography- Urban/Suburban vs Rural. These excuses are inexcusable.
The atmosphere in Alberta is toxic because of the ugliest kind of politics practiced by those who have deliberately pitted Albertans against each other. Toxicity is generated alternative media entrepreneurs on social media platforms, pumping their poison all day and all night.
The toxicity in Alberta isn't natural. The history of Alberta shows the best in "love thy neighbour" especially in times of crisis. No amount of wildfires, floods and other natural disasters have failed to inspire Kindness, Compassion, Community & Unity.
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This was tweeted by the Conservative MP representing the South Surrey-White Rock, @KerryLynneFindl The MP later apologized for retweeting a video on this tweet that was harvested from a hate site. Hardly a fulsome unambiguous apology for composing & disseminating #AntiSemitism
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Nothing in this world black and white, we were told. Everything that's matters is in shades of grey, we were told. On this day can we just admit that we have been fed a lot of trash? While blacks are in palpable pain watching police violence, whites are shocked by black reaction.
If you're one of those truly shocked by what you see on your screens, you may be white. How do I know? Because I used to be just like you. But something changed for me when I watched the video from Minneapolis of the white police officer's knee on an #AfricanAmerican neck.
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When #ColinKaepernick first took a knee, I was disturbed, disturbed enough to re-read things I hadn't read for awhile, disturbed enough to watch speeches I hadn't seen in awhile, disturbed enough to finally concede that my first disturbed look was that of a white football fan.
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But today it's time for thoughts to be turned into words. Many people, in my opinion,in various walks of life, owe him an apology. They can make their choices. I've made mine. Dear Mr #Kaepernick You were right, and I was wrong. Your knee spoke from a position of strength.
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