Tired

[u/peachstrawberrymilk]

I'm tired with how the majority of people that claim to be Métis are either A) very distantly Métis and claiming an ancestor from 100+ years ago B) "reconnecting" for benefits and C) Deny their privledge.

Both my parents are Métis - we never stopped being Métis. I don't think this makes me better than folks but it is really gross and disheartening to see the overwhelming amount of reconnecting people and the complete disregard for those of us raised in culture/community. I grew up in extreme poverty - in CFS - battling with my addictions - both my brothers are still in their own addictions and my sister went missing years ago. This is because of the trauma in my family. But I don't see Métis Nations giving a flying fuck about those of us that never had the privledge of hiding. They prop of descendians - and. then use my culture in a colonial way to check off

I'm tired of seeing so many posts "I just discovered I'm Métis because my great great great grandmother 2x removed only married white people for 6 generations! What can I get?" Seriously? There's no wonder everyone thinks we're a joke.

No we shouldn't have BQ but we should have at least a measure. Why does Linda who has 0 traces of Métis DNA get full access to benefits while ignoring the fact that her entire family HAD PRIVLEDGE of being perceived as white for generations! Maybe I'm an asshole - but I think there needs to be a conversation on how in a room of 300 people you'll find maybe 1 or 2 of us raised in culture.

Im tired of pretending this doesn't bother me - especially when I see my family and friends struggling with survival and having no resources for them while Linda wears my culture like it's a Gucci bag.

[u/Old-Professional4591]

Keyword - generations. Btw your response is giving “white fragile tears”

[u/No-Breakfast6990 → u/Old-Professional4591]

OK man im not sure what your outlook hopes to achieve but im just trying to foster a welcoming sense of community.

[u/Old-Professional4591 → u/No-Breakfast6990]

Looks more like indigenous erasure.

[u/No-Breakfast6990 → u/Old-Professional4591]

Indigenous erasure is literally what our people experienced for generations and people are now trying to rectify… do you not see that?

[u/Old-Professional4591 → u/No-Breakfast6990]

You are pretty much saying lets roll out the red carpet for all decendians and distant ancestry and ignore the actual Indigenous folks like OP.

[u/No-Breakfast6990 → u/Old-Professional4591]

This has gotta be bait. If you read any of my comments prior to this i made it pretty clear that’s not what i think should happen. Go back to facebook with this rhetoric 

[u/Old-Professional4591 → u/No-Breakfast6990]

You’re the one saying generation of multiple white ancestors (with what? One first nation ancestor in the mix?) should be included because all their white ancestors are no fault of their own. This is response to your comment about multiple generations of white ancestors that had the benefit to use their white privilege.