Over the last year, unmarked graves of hundreds of children of indigenous tribes have been uncovered in various locations in Canada.
Which one of us does not want to be treated with respect and dignity, rather than rudeness and disregard? Which one of us does not hope for empathy and support from those who know us when misfortune or tragedy befalls our lives, rather than indifference or callousness? We all do. It’s normal, it’s human. But what happens if this basic human response is hijacked by political correctness and identity politics?
Over the last year, unmarked graves of hundreds of children of indigenous tribes have been uncovered in various locations in Canada. Upwards of 150,000 of these children had been forcibly taken from their First American families for compulsory assimilation into mainstream Canadian culture and society between the 1890s and the 1990s. Many of them were placed in the custody of the Roman Catholic Church at what were called “Residential Schoo