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I am getting a lot of new information about society structures. The connections are clear, and can be identified with our Indigenous population in Canada. There is a lot of misinformation given in our school system and history.

Do you think these historical events, rules, and laws still impact our society today? What are your thoughts after viewing these videos?  To share your thoughts on the training forum, click the button below. I do believe historical events, rules, and laws still impact our society today. After viewing the videos, It is apparent that we in Canada share a similar history of systemic racism, oppression, and segregation with the US. I sometimes would detach and think "we're not like that", but we are in many ways. We had residential schools where Indigenous children were taken from families up until 1994. My youngest adopted sister's biological father is Ojibwe. He did not even know of my sister until she was two years old. The Children's Aid Society ignored his requests for a paternity test in hopes the adoption would go through before it came to light. My family fought in court for years to have my sister with us. Eventually, a joint custody agreement was produced. This man had other children and raised them well. I always told my sister that her father truly loved her because he knew she would be better off with us. How blind and ignorant. I hope to raise more awareness and become an advocate for equality and justice. We had concentration camps in Canada to detain Japanese families during WWII. Our Canadian Railway was built with the lives and blood of Chinese men who thought they were coming to Canada for a better life. I will use my platform as an educator to inform my students to raise awareness of our history and invoke change.

In today's world, propaganda against minorities is quite present yet subtle. For example, many movies (MANY, many movies) tend to portray blacks, Hispanics and other minorities as people who take advantage of the welfare system. In nearly every white-led and made movie, you can typically find hispanics as either lazy, walking with other cholos or vatos, and even blacks are portrayed as hoodlum and in the streets with guns and what not. Additionally, even in the news media you see social security offices with predominately minority population. If one were to go to a white state like Iowa or some woodland down within Mississippi or Kentucky, you'll actually find that majority of welfare recipients are Anglo-white! However, when compared to the past, one might not see as much propaganda as the video depicts of the past, but it is there and it is subtle, meaning you have to pay attention. As a Veteran, I've seen many people use monkeys to display blacks and other symbols as a means of being racist yet subtle about it. I myself have been discriminated against in Colorado when one of my room-mates had burst out in anger saying "I can't stand these Wet-Backs taking all our jobs!" knowingly that I am Hispanic and live within the same home. What made it worse, was that he called himself a "christian". Now, I don't know about other people's situation, but last I recall the biblical scriptures rarely ever talked about skin color or race, and it was more about the story and testimony. So basically, this ties into how propaganda was a tool used by Anglo folk as a means to discriminate against others simply because they were fearful or looked different.