Based on the "Broken Circle: The Dark Legacy of Indian Residential Schools" reading, what does the author, Theodore Fontaine, suggest?
A)The residential schools in Canada were an exemplar of systemic racism in Canada and have had a lasting impact.
B)There is no impact on youth who did not experience firsthand the residential schools.
C)The government was trying to acculturate the First Nations people and did not mean any harm.
D)Although there was short-term harm done to the youth in the schools, there was not long-term harm.

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The author suggests that the residential schools in Canada were an exemplar of systemic racism in Canada and have had a lasting impact. He shares his personal story, as well as the stories of others who were affected by these schools, to show the physical, emotional, and psychological damage that was done to the Indigenous community. He argues that the government's intention to acculturate the First Nations people was a form of cultural genocide and had a profound impact on the generations that followed.

Based on the "Broken Circle: the Dark Legacy of Indian