APTN National News
For some shopping is retail therapy.
But for others it can be a disturbing ordeal.
As APTN’s Ossie Michelin explains Aboriginal shoppers keeping an eye out for good deals are finding others keeping an eye on them.
Twitter: @osmich
I’m a darker-skinned Metis woman. The first and only time I’ve been to Nova Scotia, and went into a Tim Hortons in a smaller town in Annapolis Valley, another patron standing in line turned to me and said, “Hey squaw”. I was shocked. It was the very first person I encountered, and I could just see it in the eyes of retail employees henceforth that they were distrusting of me. It’s a very disconcerting feeling. Makes me sad.
Also happens here in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories! A lot of discrimination and “stereo-typing” of Aboriginal people – very very tiring to put up with. It is frustrating that in our own homeland we are treated to feel “bad” whereas I feel bad for people who are so uneducated about our local people even though they live, settle, and work on OUR land!