Black Canadians

fire! I mean I understand the passionate fury building up within our brothers and sisters but there are other ways of going about it! And even though the #Blacklivesmatter movement was created after the death of Trayvon Martin, we are still seeing black bodies fall and red blood spattered. And the #Blacklivesmatter movement has only proved to provoke and scare the people in which we want to assure and embrace as fellow civilized, peaceful, human beings. This movement to me is one of the things…

According to Toronto 's Chief of Police, Bill Blair, his offers when asked to police as part of targeted police work, there was a correlation. This correlation showed that the majority of men identified or targeted tended to be young black and brown men. “I can’t imagine that that’s true,” said chief Blair. According to Toronto police survey 70% of the people who were stopped and documented in zone 121 did not live there. “That’s where they spend their day, it may not be where they sleep…

society has evolved into a whole different type of beast. It has become more concealed, blurring the lines that determined who is responsible for the hindrance of equality experienced by the black population. Instead of pointing towards the plantation owners and Jim Crow laws who had a direct, visible effect on black people’s lives, the oppressed are forced to attempt to point to biased prison system, unregulated police forces, distracting school curriculums, and rampant gun violence as factors…

context of Skate City Academy, as I felt a lot of self-induced pressure to feel natural in the surroundings. I am a black woman and growing up, my siblings and I used to love watching films like ATL (Anon 2006) or Roll Bounce (Anon 2005), where roller skating was presented as a significant part in the history of African-American culture. This tie between historical roots and the majority black population of Skate City Academy manifested as an expectation for me to skate well. Entering a…

a young unarmed black man who was murdered by police on New Years in 2009 at a BART station in Oakland, California. The event struck Coogler hard. He was still in college when it happened, and the shooting took place in the community he grew up in. Much like the rest of the directors, Coogler’s personal relations to the material is what makes it work. Being around the same age range and from the same background led Coogler on a quest to humanize Grant. In “Last Day of a Young Black Man” writer…

interactions because I realized I had no previous interaction of significance to ponder about. I went to all the public places I could think of. I started in the dining halls, taking notice of natural segregation around every corner. Black girls eating with other black girls and white girls eating with…

Justice System, you would think that it is fair and unbiased. However, news stories tell a different story, especially in the America. The Canadian Justice System faces similar issues because it is smaller compared to those of America. In society today, many are uses the media as a tool to address issues of discrimination and racism in the justice system; the “Black Lives Matter” campaign has touched many lives not just in America, but Canada as well. The events that lead to this movement…

Inequalities have existed in Canada persistently and still exist today. Major examples of inequalities in Canadian history is the treatment of First Nations people and the treatment of Chinese-Canadians. These are only a couple of the millions of examples of discrimination in Canada. Unfortunately, Canadians have not always been the kind and accepting people that others view us as. Canadians have a dark past that we should all be personally ashamed and humiliated of. First Nations people of…

Grill, Wah himself experiences segregation both during his time in school and as an adult. Stanley’s literary work “Contesting White Supremacy: School Segregation, Anti-Racism, and the Making of Chinese Canadians,” provides an essential context that explains the different fashions in which Chinese-Canadian students are treated by their fellow students and teachers. Stanley references a specific event during the July of 1922, which involved a pair of high school teachers who informed a group of…

This place means a lot to me, because I been there most of my life. I spent a lot of my life there for practice, games, and other things the held there. This place was like home to me. It was very special to me because I was the best student academically, but I always knew I was one of the best or the best every time I went to the field. That why I think it meant so much to me. My favorite place is my high school football field and track. I remember going to the field after school and being…