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Evolve Dammit

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41. That is what is needed. It is the only way to acknowledge the truth and make amends.

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'Unthinkable' discovery in Canada as remains of 215 children found buried near residential school [View all] Omaha Steve May 2021 OP

A school operated by the Catholic Church Mysterian May 2021 #1

This does remind me of that Irish home for unwed womens story Demovictory9 May 2021 #2

The Magdelene Laundries COL Mustard May 2021 #13

Yep Demovictory9 May 2021 #45

Just taking the kids from their lands and families and teaching them to be white is and was torture. Botany May 2021 #3

Why are they always part of these horrible incidents? AllyCat May 2021 #7

Definitely yes. Mr. Steve May 2021 #8

The story immediately reminded me of the Mount Cashel Orphanage in N & L. Pacifist Patriot May 2021 #11

They weren't the only ones Warpy May 2021 #28

Different churches and government organizations were involved. shrike3 May 2021 #30

Yes, for most of its years. But the Fed govt took it over in the late 60's till it shut down pnwmom May 2021 #38

Just another crime committed by the Catholic church. BlueWavePsych May 2021 #43

The catholic church is NOT weissmam May 2021 #46

Heartbreaking. ratchiweenie May 2021 #4

It's not just the stupid church, our whole country started this way. knightmaar May 2021 #5

Reading that made me sick to my stomach. Ferrets are Cool May 2021 #6

Me too. llmart May 2021 #25

Yes, it was official Canadian policy shrike3 May 2021 #29

Wasn't there a similar philosophy and practice in Australia, with aboriginal children? nt pnwmom May 2021 #39

Oh yes indeed it was. uriel1972 May 2021 #47

... Faux pas May 2021 #9

Canada has its own reparations to make. Sick as our history, or England, or France, or..... Evolve Dammit May 2021 #10

Yes. narnian60 May 2021 #12

Canada has created a truth and reconciliation commission to expose what happened Fiendish Thingy May 2021 #22

Good on them for doing it. shrike3 May 2021 #32

That is what is needed. It is the only way to acknowledge the truth and make amends. Evolve Dammit May 2021 #41

So tragic and chilling PatSeg May 2021 #14

Colson Whitehead - the novelist of the Underground Railroad Mira May 2021 #15

Spot on about the building. It screams museum. mjvpi May 2021 #24

I think it has for a while been incorporated into a tribe's land and is a park w limited access Bernardo de La Paz May 2021 #51

I wonder how they explained the disappearance to parents. JohnnyRingo May 2021 #16

They came from reservations across western Canada OnlinePoker May 2021 #17

The children were essentially kidnapped greenjar_01 May 2021 #21

The parents definitely were not "sending" their kids to this institution. The state kidnapped the WhiskeyGrinder May 2021 #36

This story reminds me of an old, great film called Rabbit Proof Fence. Lonestarblue May 2021 #18

I'm glad you brought that movie up pandr32 May 2021 #34

It's genocide Andy Canuck May 2021 #19

There is so much more history for the Texas legislature to edit. mjvpi May 2021 #27

Human trafficking, slavery, and child murder to please someone's money-grubbing jealous deity Aldemelod May 2021 #20

Terrific post. llmart May 2021 #26

Assimilate or die Bayard May 2021 #23

You are correct, and because of jurisdiction bullshit, the bastards usually get away with it. Jay25 May 2021 #31

The Nat'l media needs to cover this far more than they do! Duppers May 2021 #44

KnR Hekate May 2021 #33

Settler colonialism is genocide. WhiskeyGrinder May 2021 #35

Sadly, that's what most settlers have done to native populations when the came in uninvited AZLD4Candidate May 2021 #40

breaks my heart llashram May 2021 #37

I'm just sickened to learn such history! Backseat Driver May 2021 #42

Are any autopsies being done? Did these kids die from some sudden epidemic? JustABozoOnThisBus May 2021 #48

It happened over many decades, but probably more in the early years Bernardo de La Paz May 2021 #49

Today: FLAGS will be half-mast for 215 hours, that's about 9 days Bernardo de La Paz May 2021 #50