Black Graves Are Being Moved...FOR WHAT???

 

I AM TRIGGERED. Please note this, because this is a very sensitive subject... something that enrages me. My blood is boiling!!! I amgoing to post the link that has triggered me, then I will write my opinion on this.

(Remember this is coming from a white woman, not this it should matter. Anyone and Everyone should have a fkn issue with this happening!!!)

LINK:

Black graves are being moved to make way for an industrial park, drawing a mix of emotions

I don't even know where to begin... We just went through years of  finding unmarked mass graves of children (victims) who died at the hands of the residential schools they were subjected too and suffered brutally in.

Please kmow, I am NOT comparing who has suffered more because there is no way to compare anyone's pain, suffering and tragedy to another's. We cannot even compare what the Indigenous people were subjected to, compared to the slavery that happened centuries earlier. I am not going to dive into either one of the sickening acts of the white men (and women) of those times... 

I am just going to voice my opinion today on this particular article.

So, as you can see from the title of my blurb, there has been a decision made to move "Black" graves in order to build an Industrial Park where their remains are currently laying. There is a bit of conflict between the descendants of the deceased. The remains are being exhumed and moved about a mile down the road, and will have a proper burial site... some of their families feel this is right, as their ancestors are not at "rest".

I don't know if I am feeling overly sensitve about this topic because I feel people have suffered such injustices. People were enslaved and treated horribly due to the colour of their skin; treated worse than animals. 

I think the reason I am sooooo pissed about this is because YES these people deserve to be buried in a dignified way. They more than deserve to have plots and a burial site that is marked properly and honourably. All remains deserve their own plot that their ancestors get to visit. I do NOT think the remains should be moved for a fucking industrial park. I know it is a controversial topic, as some families feel their ancestors will finally be at peace, while others are angry that others seem they can just move the burial sites. I stand with the latter!!!

I think I am babbling at this point and I am pretty sure everyone hears my view. I hope people truly think about this, because it is happening far more often than reported... I find it in ill taste and disgusting.

~ Phoenix

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