MEDIA INDIGENA : Indigenous current affairs

Ep. 165: The G Word—Why Canada and genocide belong in the same sentence


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What's in a word? Well, when that word is "genocide" and you're part of Canada's mostly-white, mostly-male commentariat, nothing, apparently. And if you're like the Prime Minister, the word supposedly matters much less than the vague actions we should focus on going forward.

In part two of our extended look at the report of the Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, we examine the steaming pile of hot takes that have come in its wake, including those of Settler media makers who've been at great pains to declare that 'Canadian genocide' is just not a thing, and that using the G word somehow threatens Canada's international reputation.

// This episode was edited by Anya Zoledziowski. Our theme is 'nesting' by birocratic.

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