fundamentally I think the answer to NWBR's Canadian Prejudice Paradox is proximity after a fashion.
Posted by
mafic
Nov 3 '16, 16:53
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I've noticed the same thing in Australia. the indigenous people most people see and have any interaction with probably are one of:
on the street;
have substance abuse problems;
have unresolved mental health issues.
In Australia especially it's the aboriginals who don't fit in their communities that end up in the cities (not because they're thrown out or anything), so any interaction you have is almost certain not to be on anything approaching peer-to-peer. Add to that the (mistaken) idea that aboriginals are getting all kinds of free stuff from the government, and you're not going to come out with anything pleasant.
In Canada things tend to change as you move north as well. Head to a town like Yellowknife that has a more sizeable aboriginal population and it's fairly different. Go to Iqaluit, which is majority Inuit, and it's almost gone.
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