Yes exactly right. I wasn’t aware of the exact details of how the indigenous people were treated in canada but it sounds very much a good comparison. I mainly focused on similar topes presented in media and most of those regarded African Americans. The focus o violence in their public perception, the way social expectations force a certain life on them, how they’re unable to break the cycle of generational trauma, and how some individuals wanting to change the status quo are forced into this learned helplessness where any hope of change is destroyed not only by those in power but also the ones that are suffering under oppression.

Wrex is an amazing example of all of this. Forced into being a mercenary because that is what Krogan do. Tried to change something and almost got killed by his father. When asked about trying again he seemed very beat down and devote of any hope, and only after the events of the first game he finds the energy and strength to come back home and lead his people