Category: 2021
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The Gaslighting of Muslims: Four Years Later
Today, January 29th, 2021 marks four years since the Quebec Mosque shooting. Four years ago a white supremacist walked into the Islamic Cultural Centre in Laval, Québec and murdered six Muslims while injuring 19 others. To this day it is one of the deadliest mass shootings in Canadian history and the worst mass murder in…
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The Truth Tellers by Bianca Garcia
Since I was little, I was so curious to read all the newspapers and magazines. I remember that I went to all the grocery stores and I bought them and in some of them, journalists talked about all the corruption that occurred in the government. I was excited. I told my mom that I wanted…
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When “good” white people feel threatened
As a young child one of the lessons I, as a Brown child of Brown immigrants, received explicitly was that I had to work much harder than my white friends because, without even trying, they would have access to all kinds of privileges that I would only have access to, maybe, if I worked extra,…
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Anti-Racism and Decolonization by Stephanie Arnold
The racial justice movements of 2020 had a profound impact on me. As unadulterated racism spilled out from seemingly everywhere, including within my social and personal circles, I saw the trauma complicity and internalized racism inflicted. There were uncomfortable conversations and loss of relationships. The line between anti-racist and “not anti-racist” began to form. Charlottetown…