Comment 60519

By highwater (registered) | Posted March 02, 2011 at 09:27:02 in reply to Comment 60518

You're correct. And I didn't mean to imply in my comment that the racist comments directed at aboriginals should be minimized in any way just because other groups are targeted as well. Even the vast majority of trolls would not tolerate anti-semitism or the 'n' word, as you say.

However, the groups I mentioned in my comment have come in for some equally hateful comments. My point was the common thread between these targetted groups was their marginalization rather than their skin colour, and it is their marginalization that makes racism toward First Nations 'acceptable' in certain circles - the same circles that feel comfortable directing hate at other vulnerable groups as well.

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