is this grooming? or how they operate

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/indigenous-immigrants-stereotypes-human-trafficking-1.5171397

 

'We all have brown skin': Sask. woman says racism between immigrants and Indigenous people must end

Allegations of attempted abductions spark debate on issues of race

 

Janani Whitfield · CBC News · Posted: Jun 18, 2019 4:00 AM CT | Last Updated: June 18, 2019

 

Kerry Benjoe is the grandmother to a mixed-heritage grandson, half Indo-Canadian and half Indigenous. She's seen mistrust percolating between the two groups, which has her calling for more education to dispel stereotypes that exist on either side. (Bryan Eneas/CBC News)

Kerry Benjoe says it hurts to think how her three-year-old grandson, who is half Indo-Canadian and half Indigenous, might be discriminated against by people in both of those communities.

"Being a grandmother of a child of mixed heritage, it's scary to think that someone can hate him [or] have other Indigenous people hate him just because he's half Punjabi," she said.

 

"With the way the things are now, that's a real possibility."

She's seeing more anger and mistrust percolating online between Indigenous people and other visible minorities. In particular, there have been posts accusing immigrants of trying to abduct Indigenous women.

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Benjoe believes the fear and mistrust are fed by Indigenous people's resentment at being mistreated and stereotyped by new Canadians.

"When there's more negative being fed into that pot, it's going to boil over sooner or later."

Is race an issue?

A newly formed Facebook group, called Regina Human Trafficking Prevention, has become a hub where people share and re-share stories of suspected trafficking or abductions and suspicious behaviour of people circling a block or following woman.