Indigenous icon Buffy Sainte-Marie’s identity was brought into question by a CBC investigation, her Piapot family says the accusations are “ignorant, colonial – and racist.”

  • nyan@lemmy.cafe
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    8 months ago

    The point is that the claim doesn’t matter unless someone cares enough about it to make an inquiry (that is, cares just a tiny amount), or it affects legal matters like status cards (in which case, someone will care enough to enquire). If there’s no harm being done, then no enforcement needs to be done either. Which is also so very basic that my cat could figure it out.

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      8 months ago

      Just don’t have the status to begin with if anyone can claim it because you think it does no harm

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        8 months ago

        That’s like saying you can avoid tripping over a rock if you just will it out of existence. Reality doesn’t work that way. And I don’t think you really believe it does either. Kindly go troll somewhere else.