> Our First Nations folks do open casinos here and they do very well with > them. And I really do not like the generalization that they have 'major > drinking problems and high suicide rates'. I would hazard to say that > they do not suffer from these things any more than the non-First Nations > people. It's a stereotype that is long overdue for a change. >
In the United STates, it's not a generalization...it's a sad statistical fact. I haven't seen the numbers recently...but I know that traditionally, alcoholism has been disproportionately higher in native american communities than in statistically similar communites of other cultures. Decrying the stats as "stereotyping" doesn't help the problem. Again, this is in the US. I have no idea about indigenious Canadians. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:187017 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
