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.
Posts tagged as “systemic-racism”
Systemic issues in Toronto have been amplified due to Covid-19. Pandemic recovery plans need to consider these issues to create change.
Systemic issues are like math problems – for people to understand, they must be broken down into clear steps. How can activists and reporters do these issues justice? They must Show Their Work. You must Show Your Work.
The Canadian tax system has historically disincentivized First Nations People from filling taxes. This has led to their systematic exclusion from Federal welfare benefits. This exclusion can only be remedied through divorcing the welfare state from the tax system. The response to COVID-19 gives us clues on how to radically transform this racist system.
The story of systemic Anti-Black Racism in Canada did not begin 5, 10, or even 50 years ago. It began over 100 years ago in Bedford, a community in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Here, Black people once unified in a home they called Africville. Africville was the first region in Canada that was once owned by a large population of African-Canadians, and perhaps the last....