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The woman at the centre of a social media storm surrounding the use of her image says the conversation was misinformed from the start.
A Facebook user noted the woman's appearance in a Government of Canada advertising campaign bore a resemblance to the Disney cartoon character Pocahontas. She and others were quick to challenge what they saw as racist stereotyping of Indigenous people.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/inac-status-card-campaign-1.4492287
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