Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, Canadian Indians: 'I've told you what a foul decadent lazy crowd they are & what I think of them !! But this camp is pitched right inside an Indian reserve ... & we have hundreds of the mouldy local tribe camped around us' (6 October 1919)
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Edward VIII uses racist language to describe Canadian Indigenous people in Saskatchewan, calling them lazy and decadent.
- In plain terms
- He insulted Indigenous people with racist slurs.
- What can you take from it?
- Never use slurs to describe Indigenous peoples.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How were Indigenous people treated historically?
- Why do slurs persist?
Another view
This quote is deeply offensive and harmful.
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