Saskatchewan residents pride ourselves on being kind and lending a helping hand. We welcome immigrants and open our wallets to help when natural disaster strikes — in our province and elsewhere.
Yet the names Colten Boushie, Nadine Machiskinic and Kamao Cappo expose another side — an ugly side. Racial tensions have flared in recent years in connection with those names, but racism towards Indigenous people predates the creation of Saskatchewan as a province.
Cappo’s videos of the incident created a firestorm on social media. He is recovering physically and emotionally after the altercation.
But the gaping wound of racism is far from healed.
Cappo has travelled across Canada and believes Saskatchewan and Manitoba to be the most racist places.
“In Saskatchewan, Saskatoon and Regina have to be right up there at the top in Canada for sure,” Cappo said. “That’s been my experience.”
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Yet the names Colten Boushie, Nadine Machiskinic and Kamao Cappo expose another side — an ugly side. Racial tensions have flared in recent years in connection with those names, but racism towards Indigenous people predates the creation of Saskatchewan as a province.
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The latest story to make headlines about Saskatchewan’s racial divide centred on Kamao Cappo, a resident of the Muscowpetung Sauteaux First Nation, who was accused of stealing while with a friend at a Canadian Tire store to buy a chainsaw. An employee allegedly assaulted him and forced them to leave the store.Cappo’s videos of the incident created a firestorm on social media. He is recovering physically and emotionally after the altercation.
But the gaping wound of racism is far from healed.
Cappo has travelled across Canada and believes Saskatchewan and Manitoba to be the most racist places.
“In Saskatchewan, Saskatoon and Regina have to be right up there at the top in Canada for sure,” Cappo said. “That’s been my experience.”
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