I saw this on Media Indigena: Interactive Indigenous Insight
http://www.mediaindigena.com/rickharp/polls/poll-how-should-a-bc-legion-atone-for-publishing-a-joke-about-beer-baiting-and-hunting-indigenous-people-to-their-death?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+mediaINDIGENA+%28mediaINDIGENA%29
This is something to talk about with students. How are 'Indian jokes' connected to and used to justify colonization and ongoing violence towards Indigenous peoples? Children hear such jokes at a young age, and it is important that teachers take the time to help them understand the destructiveness of this racism masked as humour. But teachers need support to do this work from parents and administrators. As September is coming up, I hope all of the teachers out there have an amazing year with lots of support to have those difficult conversations our children so desperately need.
