‘ASIMIL8’ licence plate is hurtful whether it is about Star Trek or humans

[Tahuyaman]

I'm glad you weren't disappointed.

You always deliver.

[Captain Obvious]

Manitoba has a very large indigenous population who were at one time as children taken from their families by law and put into residential schools in order to assimilate them by force into the majority white culture:

https://indigenousfoundations.arts.u...school_system/

yeah but the whole Borg/Star Trek plate border thingy kind of makes that point irrelevant.

[Dr. Who]

yeah but the whole Borg/Star Trek plate border thingy kind of makes that point irrelevant.

Perhaps, but the sentiment regarding forced assimilation is still very raw and very political. Most of those kids were physically and sexually abused in the residential school system which didn't end until the 1960's and its legacy is reflected in the disintegration of families, substance abuse, sexual abuse and poverty in the indigenous communities - IOW a very high level of dysfunction.

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada...igenous-people

[Mister D]

Perhaps, but the sentiment regarding forced assimilation is still very raw and very political. Most of those kids were physically and sexually abused in the residential school system which didn't end until the 1960's and its legacy is reflected in the disintegration of families, substance abuse, sexual abuse and poverty in the indigenous communities - IOW a very high level of dysfunction.

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada...igenous-people

Perhaps Canada's racist policies are something to be ashamed of. Star Trek referencesnot so much .