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Kerry-Lynne Findlay, the leader of the BC Conservatives, has told MLAs to stop using the term 'First Nations' and use other terms instead.

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[–] DriftingLynx@lemmy.ca 5 points 16 hours ago

Well... that is a thing to stand up and say in public. All the problems to choose from and this is what she wants to "fix" with her party 🙄

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 23 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Even completely disregarding how insulting this is, isn't it just confusing in a global world where its easy to speak to people from India?

[–] Sunshine@piefed.ca 17 points 22 hours ago

There’s also a lot people from India in BC.

[–] i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca 6 points 17 hours ago

There’s an interesting kernel buried in there in that we’re all apparently stuck with the Indian Act and a bunch of downstream shit that stems from that. It would be a good cultural protest if it were being championed by indigenous groups.

But it’s not. It’s the BC Conservatives, so it’s just another example of their zero calorie racism they’re trying to make palatable.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 10 points 21 hours ago

She does know, doesn’t she, that “First Nations” hasn’t been the accepted term in well over a decade?

Indigenous. Easy to say, means only one thing. MLAs should have been using it for years.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 16 hours ago
[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 16 hours ago

My Little Aonie

[–] Sunshine@piefed.ca 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Were they infiltrated by OneBC?

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 6 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

OneBC only exists because the "regular" Conservatives aren't racist enough.

[–] CobraChicken3000@lemmy.ca 2 points 21 hours ago

So I'm confused, who are the least racist conservative party now (in BC)?