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text from a recent conversation with a friend re: Canada Day (edited for clarity)
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How do we celebrate our fortune and luck of being in this country but recognize the obvious history of harm?
๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ก๐๐ข๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ, ๐๐ค๐๐จ๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐จ. ๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ก๐ค๐ค๐, ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐, ๐ฃ๐ค ๐๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฎ.
๐พ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ซ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ค๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ข๐๐๐ฃ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ค๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ช๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ.
So maybe a boisterous celebration would be fine if there is more justice or responsibility going forward?
๐๐ฉโ๐จ ๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ง๐ค๐๐. ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐พ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ก๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ, ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ช๐จ ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฅ๐ช๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ, ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐ง๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ง๐๐๐จ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐.
I was pretty much on board for the cancel [re: Canada Day] until I heard some immigrant friends express their experience of so much positive opportunity despite the legacy. It can also just be fun for kids and families.
๐๐ค๐ง ๐จ๐ช๐ง๐. ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐, ๐จ๐ค๐ก๐๐ข๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐. ๐ฝ๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ช๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ช๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐ (๐ข๐ช๐ง๐๐๐ง๐๐) ๐พ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐๐๐, ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฅ๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐จ ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ช๐จ.
๐๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ค๐ก๐ ๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ, ๐ง๐๐๐จ๐๐ ๐พ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ, ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐ฉ ๐ซ๐ค๐๐๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ. ๐๐ง ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐๐จ๐ ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ง๐จ.
I wonder if itโs okay to do both: recognize how wonderful Canada is for many, while meaningfully acknowledging the past and current issues.
๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉโ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐๐ก. ๐ฝ๐ช๐ฉ ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐จ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐. ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐ ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐๐จ๐ค๐ก๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ฉ๐๐ฎ, ๐ซ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ฉ, ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐จ ๐จ๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐.
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