Protestors have taken action into their own hands by tearing down a John A Macdonald statue, politicians have replied. What will happen next?
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Sports teams in North America boycott their games to bring attention to systemic racism and police brutality. Here's why I, as a sports fan, was proud of the players for doing so.
Social contract theory focuses on our social obligations to each other. Trevor Noah wonders: if these obligations are not upheld by the state, what does this mean for society and the citizens within?
Technology has become ubiquitous in modern life, especially for young people. Yet the recent Black Lives Matter protests have exposed just how extensive surveillance technology truly is, and how it is being misused by police and the private sector in ways that endanger people’s rights to privacy and protest.
Dear Social Media Activists.
You are the cause of a lot of the frustration and angst that Black folks are feeling right now. You need to educate yourself. You need to engage yourself. You need to act. You need to make it about what you do. Not what you appear to be doing. And you need to do it now.