anti-black racism
Why Wes Hall is betting on Black entrepreneurs
On Dragons’ Den, he’s known as “The Fixer.” That nickname holds true in real life, too.
George Floyd’s murder, one year later: Two generations of Black men on the fight against racism
Royson James and his two sons debate whether lasting progress has really been made in the fight against anti-Black racism
‘Courage and truth’: What Sandy Hudson and Ravyn Wngz hope to see in 2021
The Black Lives Matter activists have a discussion on what needs to happen next after a devastating but also inspiring year
A cultural renaissance is blooming in Canada, led by Black and Indigenous artists
Laila El Mugammar: At its centre is public art, literature and more. The Canada emerging is one where I am visible.
Black hockey players on loving a sport that doesn’t love them back
In 2020, hockey’s racial reckoning came to a head. Here, 10 Black hockey players share their experiences with racism on the ice.
Conservative Party can lead on anti-racism policy—a blueprint
Akolisa Ufodike, Susanna Ally and Louis Butt: In order to address systemic racism, we must discuss the Conservative Party’s policies on immigration, the economy, education, cultural outreach and data collection
‘As a queer, trans and Afro-Indigenous woman, I believed that I could never be a representative of Black liberation’
Ravyn Wngz: On July 18, Black Lives Matter Toronto held an art demonstration that involved painting and stencilling three racist statues in pink. To me, the colour pink represents life—vibrant, bold and free.
‘I don’t care whether All Lives Matter is said in ignorance—it’s just another example of racism’
Five Black women on their experiences of systemic racism within neighbourhoods across Canada
Dear sister: ‘I wonder if my silence played a hand in your suffering’
‘I had been conditioned to believe that racism was no longer real. So my approach to bullying and abuse has been to suck it up,’ writes Téa Mutonji in a letter to her sister. ‘Now, I wonder if I should have spoken out so that, seven years later, you didn’t experience it too.’
Listen to Donovan Bailey
Twenty-four years ago, the nation was unwilling to hear the Olympic hero’s message. It matters more than ever as Canadians finally confront their country’s own racist history. “We can’t afford to blow this moment,” he says.
The hidden racist history of ‘O Canada’
Laila El Mugammar: Every time I stand for the Canadian national anthem, I think about the song’s composer, who founded a blackface minstrel troupe. What does it mean to sing the melody of a man who wore me as a costume?
How the Anti-Saloon League, responsible for Prohibition, shaped modern racist policing
Prohibition created the perfect storm for the mass incarceration of ethnic minorities, who’d been driven into the contraband trade through inequality of economic opportunity, then zealously policed for being involved