Collective Intergenerational Responsibilities
Abstract In this chapter, I ask how the current generation should accept responsibility for the injustices of its forebears in a way that helps all citizens to progress towards reconciliation. Here, I address the challenge of reconciliation with First Nations given the role of settler states, includ...
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croxfordunivpr:10.1093/oso/9780197671238.003.0006 2024-09-30T14:35:05+00:00 Collective Intergenerational Responsibilities Sullivan, Michael J. 2023 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197671238.003.0006 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/58131631/oso-9780197671238-chapter-6.pdf en eng Oxford University PressNew York Born Innocent page 126-163 ISBN 0197671233 9780197671238 9780197671269 book-chapter 2023 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197671238.003.0006 2024-09-17T04:30:49Z Abstract In this chapter, I ask how the current generation should accept responsibility for the injustices of its forebears in a way that helps all citizens to progress towards reconciliation. Here, I address the challenge of reconciliation with First Nations given the role of settler states, including Canada and the United States, in intentionally destabilizing Indigenous communities and families through the residential school system, child welfare interventions, and the criminal justice system. Here, I argue for three linked responses to the intergenerational legacy of policies that separated Indigenous families and destabilized their communities and political life. The first involves building immigrant-settler-Indigenous alliances. The second involves the government’s responsibility to avoid perpetuating Indigenous family separation and community destabilization through its criminal justice and child welfare policies. The third involves strengthening Indigenous political sovereignty by expanding their self-governance, participation, and free movement rights across their territories divided by settler state borders. Book Part First Nations Oxford University Press Canada 126 C6P73 |
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Abstract In this chapter, I ask how the current generation should accept responsibility for the injustices of its forebears in a way that helps all citizens to progress towards reconciliation. Here, I address the challenge of reconciliation with First Nations given the role of settler states, including Canada and the United States, in intentionally destabilizing Indigenous communities and families through the residential school system, child welfare interventions, and the criminal justice system. Here, I argue for three linked responses to the intergenerational legacy of policies that separated Indigenous families and destabilized their communities and political life. The first involves building immigrant-settler-Indigenous alliances. The second involves the government’s responsibility to avoid perpetuating Indigenous family separation and community destabilization through its criminal justice and child welfare policies. The third involves strengthening Indigenous political sovereignty by expanding their self-governance, participation, and free movement rights across their territories divided by settler state borders. |
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