xyon21 t1_iu4sb07 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 3:29 PM Reply to comment by Redbanabandana in (Canada) House of Commons unanimously agrees to describe residential schools as genocide by EdithDich Cultural genocide is still genocide. The schools were not meant to physically eradicate first nations people, but they were explicitly created and operated with the intent of eradicating first nations peoples as a cultural group. Permalink Parent 8
xyon21 t1_iu4sb07 wrote
Reply to comment by Redbanabandana in (Canada) House of Commons unanimously agrees to describe residential schools as genocide by EdithDich
Cultural genocide is still genocide. The schools were not meant to physically eradicate first nations people, but they were explicitly created and operated with the intent of eradicating first nations peoples as a cultural group.