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An end to prejudice means an end to poverty
Originally appeared on spirituality.com
“There are over one million children in Canada who live below the poverty level, and the poverty rate for First Nations’ children is at least double the national average,” reported National Chief Phil Fontaine at a recent Assembly of First Nations. In Vancouver, where I live, it is estimated that, in the Aboriginal community, eight out of 10 children aged 0-6 live in poverty (The First Peoples Child and Family Review, Vol 2).
While there are many historic and current reasons for these conditions, prejudice and discrimination are major influences.
Aboriginals here in Canada, as well as in Australia, and Native Americans in the United States—to mention just three groups—have all experienced this treatment in some way. A seemingly universal tendency to devalue certain peoples, to believe that particular groups are inferior or less worthy, is so common in societies around the world that it’s almost invisible.
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