I'd be called a racist if I put something like that on my vehicle

So the other day...well, more like right before Christmas, it just takes me that long to get around to posting about some stuff...William and I were driving through the parking lot at one of the shopping centres when I saw a couple get of a truck with what looked like a very new baby. I love very new babies so I was about to comment on it when I looked at the back of the truck which had a huge decal (and I mean huge, it was almost the length of the window and about a foot high) that said "Native Pride."

Let me just state that I am not against anyone being proud of their race, religion or ethnic background, but the reality is if a white person had a huge decal that said white pride they would be labelled racist. I most definitely wouldn't be caught dead with one and I would think that someone sporting "White Pride" anywhere on their person or belongings was a racist. But maybe that's just me.

So why is it okay for aborigionals to do it? Is it not a bit of reverse discrimination and while I'm on the topic, writing a post that most definitely could have people calling me racist or bigoted, here is another example:

My children are in the school system that has the largest native population in all of Canada. Each and every native child gets more funding than every other student be they white, black or brown, based soley on the colour of their skin. I am not so much bothered by this as I am by the fact that my school has a guidance counselor who only sees the native students. This is the only counselor in our school. Why does every other child not have equal access to councilling? Surely, there are other kids who must have shitty days and need to talk to someone. Oh, but I digress, here's my example (of what I am no longer sure):

Last year, our school had an aborigional day with sweetgrass, aborigional speakers and a pizza lunch. Only the aborigional kids and their parents (none of whom came) were invited. All the teachers were invited to attend, but only a handful did. One teacher explained the reason for her absence well. "You cannot expect assimilation and then practice discrimination. I wouldn't attend if my class wasn't allowed to attend."

There was a lot of frustration on the part of many parents at our school about this activity. I asked if only the Irish kids would get to wear green on St. Patrick's Day
if we were going to limit events to just kids of a particular background. At our school council meeting we asked why it happened like this, why was it that our children did not get to be a part of this event that celebrated what is an amazing culture. The answer was that they wanted to see how things went. This year all students attended a celebration on native culture - minus the pizza lunch of course.

And there's my little rant.

Oh, and my computer is a bitch and has a virus so I am not sure how much longer I will have posting abilities, it took me ages today, and apparently I can no longer comment on anyone else's site. I am so sad.