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Tuesday, January 04, 2005
2005: Year Of The Aboriginal Friend
If Raskolnikov isn't on your blogroll, he should be. This takedown of Colleen Simard, of the Winnipeg Free Press, (who urges every Winnipeger to get "an aboriginal friend" for 2005, then trots through the steps with helpful instructions);
So please Ms Simard, don't go around telling non- indians to approach the indian they see at a WAG show just like they would anyone else, or to join a support group or club to meet indians. Unless that club or support group is centred on something indian, or it allows indians to rage about racism or history, the odds are there won't be any indians around. As for indians in an art gallery? See my post here to get a glimpse into an indian mindset I have encountered all too often.On a personal level, I would encourage all non- indians to search high and low for indians. From what I have heard and what I can see with my own two eyes, most of the indians that are easy to find and accessible are the ones on Main Street. These are the ones non-indians use as a template, Ms Simard, whether you like it or not. And if that insults you, you may want to change your own template, the one where every culturally clueless white person needs an indian friend, as well as guidance from someone like yourself on how to get close to that strange exotic indian.
As for my fellow indians, try opening your mind to other cultures. You have spent the last 50 years or so forcing our culture down the throat of everyone else, maybe it's time you started swallowing.
And he's just warming up...
Posted by Kate McMillan on January 4, 2005 | Permalink
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Comments
You forgot one important fact...
I'M AN INDIAN
Try actually reading the story.
I like to think I have a litle more leeway than you to call myself and my people what I choose.
Posted by: Raskolnikov | 2005-01-05 11:06:47 AM
Raskolnikov:
Great stuff. Your reply shows a great restraint on your part. Cool.
Visited your blog & shall return for more.
Posted by: gg | 2005-01-05 11:48:31 AM
Raskolnikov:
You must understand that no one has more leeway than the Robert. His is the infinite leeway of They Who Know Better. Please do not question the leeway of the Robert again. The Robert's leeway is immaculate, all pervading, all encompassing. When the Robert wishes, when the Robert's mighty wrath has ebbed, the Robert will instruct you on the Way of Being Aboriginal. Please remain silent and penitent until then.
By the way, I linked to your site. It instantly leaped into my top 10 must reads.
Posted by: Occam's Carbuncle | 2005-01-05 12:05:16 PM
Robert is actually a computer generated script. It's the 2005 update of Self-Mocking[tm] - "I Know U R, But What Am I?" Version.
Posted by: Kate | 2005-01-05 12:30:55 PM
Rob't is actually the beta version of the blogbot known as "Scott", abandoned by its creator when it was obvious he was just a massive tool. The "Scott" script entity has proved far more intriguing to its creator, and is being optioned for an FX miniseries next fall.
The Rob't entity, on the other hand, is being classified as a low-level irritant by the CDC.
Posted by: rick mcginnis | 2005-01-05 2:18:25 PM
Keep up the good work Raskolnikov.
Posted by: Michael Dabioch | 2005-01-05 6:55:59 PM
It's a hoot ripping on the Assiniboin and the Plains Cree and the Gros Ventre in their homelands and getting away with it. But sometimes that just isn't enough to keep things interesting. So let's add some excitement to the game by organizing a Mouth-Off Expedition to Pakistan in the near future. Think of all the fun times to be had in downtown Islamabad dissing those Pakistanis for sheltering the Taliban. Let's get this show on the road ASAP.
Who's in?
Posted by: Steve | 2006-03-29 10:04:16 AM
sad comments from Winnipeg
home of the true redneck
Posted by: Joe Gauze aka "shooter" | 2007-02-26 9:50:14 PM
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