Putting Racism to Rest: A Rally against the Toronto Sun media! – Saturday
The Deets:
Saturday January 19, 2013
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
The Toronto Sun
1-333 King Street East
The Call Out:
This is a rally against the Toronto Sun and their Anti-Native rhetoric and propaganda.
We the Aboriginal people are sick and tired of the Toronto Sun and its news channel portraying Native people in a bad light and promoting hatred towards our people.
This has been going on for many years and don’t report on real Native issue’s. One example: The over 600 hundred missing & murdered aboriginal women.
Reject the Racist Myths!
Myth #1: First Nations (FN) chiefs are rich.
Truth: They earn an average of $36 K; less than the Canadian average of $46 K.
Myth #2: The cause of the FN problems are the chiefs corruption.
Truth: First Nation governments have the lowest level of corruption in Canada 3%. The federal government has over 10% corruption. The cause of the problems instead come from chronic underfunding and several centuries of racist attempts at assimilation and genocide by the Canadian government ( and by extension, the Canadian people)
Myth 3# Canada subsidizes the FN who always has their hand out for more money.
Truth: The First Nation subsidize Canada by tolerating resource extraction (lumber, fishing, mining, oil)) from their land. Compared with the – $500 billion annual takings of these industries, the meagre – $9 billion the FN receive from the government is insignificant.
Myth #4: Native people of Canada are a thing of the past and should just assimilate like the rest of us.
Truth: The First Nations in Canada have never gone away, despite centuries of oppression, including genocide. They are alive and well, and do not want to assimilate into a racist and genocidal society. They add more to Canada by not assimilating and will reject all attempts to do so.
This is a peaceful protest so bring your hand drums, placards and signs. Also all people of every nation are invited. This is not just a Native thing its a Canadian thing!
We will be gathering at St. James park at the S/W corner of King and Jarvis at 2 pm then march on to the Toronto Sun.
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