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EILEEN Because she was eighteens and struggling. And last seen at a house party. She hands some PRINTOUTS to Roz who takes them and reads. EILEEN (CONT'D) night, she walks out there, she gets lost or decides to give up. Roz looks over the documents. Eileen has a case. ROZ She was in and out of rehab. She had a record. So she’s having a bad
Maybe. You make a mistake out there, especially that time of year, you’re done. But if I’m being honest, I feel like you’re doing what they all do. Start by blaming the victim. EILEEN And by ‘they’ you mean... ROZ White people. She drank, smoked pot. So she deserved what she got. EILEEN I’m not blaming her but the police ruled out foul play... ROZ Of course they did. EILEEN And you said yourself she could have walked out there. It tracks. ROZ It does. But if she was white, we’d be assuming she was murdered. EILEEN Not me. ROZ You sure about that? (Eileen hesitates) Look, the racism and the violence visited on Indigenous people is insane.
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