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btmvideos37 t1_j23crgb wrote

Reply to comment by HellsMalice in John Bird: Actor and comedian dies aged 86 by Kagedeah

Disagree. It was accepted by the mostly white people producing these things and watching these things.

Do you really think bigoted behaviour that was once “acceptable” was accepted by all people? Including the minorities that were being discriminated against, mocked, and oppressed?

It was once acceptable to hit your wife. And marital rape wasn’t a thing. According to the law and society it was acceptable. But do you think the wives EVER liked or accepted this? Hell no

Black Face was either done to mock and belittle black people. Or when it was done somewhat “respectfully”, it was still being done to avoid hiring actual black people for those roles.

People were against black face back then. Just like there were people against slavery when it was legal.

It was wrong now and it was wrong then

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btmvideos37 t1_j1l6tzr wrote

Reply to comment by LacusClyne in Ontario Walmart turns into 'hotel' as storm-stranded shoppers get stuck for the night by jormungandrsjig

Actually the complete opposite. This is in Ontario. I’m Canadian. I might not remember all the details but to my knowledge if you’re being forced to stay at work, regardless if you’re working or not, you have to be paid.

Doesn’t matter how the store is running.

In a non snow storm setting, if your boss is telling you to stay in the store but they don’t need you to work, they have to pay you. If they tell you to clock out, they’re breaking the law. Unless they allow you to leave and won’t write you up for doing so.

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btmvideos37 t1_iu4medg wrote

Reply to comment by svanegmond in Canada House of Commons unanimously agrees to describe residential schools as genocide by shpydar

Even as a 20 year old, the things kids now learn at the age of 8 I didn’t learn until 14-15. Before 8th grade I was taught that the colonizers peacefully came over here and built log cabins and traded with the natives. I assumed as a kid that have the country was Indigenous. In grade 7-8 we learned more of residential schools and how the colonizers weren’t great people. But it wasn’t until grade 10 that we truly learned about the atrocities.

My sister who’s 6 will go through school learning way more than I ever did

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btmvideos37 t1_iu4hsvo wrote

Reply to comment by Bob_Juan_Santos in Canada House of Commons unanimously agrees to describe residential schools as genocide by shpydar

Only if you’re 30 and younger. My dad is pretty young, 44. I’m 20. He was never taught this in school. He was taught that they existed but he wasn’t taught that they were still around while he was in school or how bad they were. The history he was taught made it seem like it was far in the past. my dad was nearly finished high school when the last school closed

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