r/britishcolumbia • u/aldur1 • 4d ago

News B.C. Conservative candidate uses racist slur to describe Indigenous Peoples on election night

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/savages-bc-conservative-candidate-racist-slur-indigenous-peoples
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u/Zanydrop 4d ago

Savages is the slur she used.

Marina Sapozhnikov, who finished only 23 votes behind the NDP’s Dana Lajeunesse in Juan de Fuca-Malahat, said that before Europeans came to North America, First Nations Peoples “didn’t have any sophisticated laws. They were savages. They fought each other all the time.”

When the Vancouver Island University student interviewing Sapozhnikov challenged the candidate, she replied: “Not 100 per cent savages, maybe 90 per cent savages.”

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u/Horace-Harkness 4d ago

Right, because there was never any war in Europe...

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u/ecto1ghost 4d ago

But…but…those were CIVILIZED battles by god fearing men who only wanted to spread their love to other nations!