COLOUR OF POVERTY – COLOUR OF CHANGE Austerity driven mythologies are driving ever greater inequity – a comment on needed investments and the Ontario budget deficit negotiations. ( Toronto – April 20, 2012 ) – In the most recent provincial election, the Liberal party put together a platform that they called “Forward Together”. Yet…
Request from Richard Fung. “I need someone from Uttar Pradesh or Bihar to make dosti roti on video. I will not use their face, just their hands rolling and cooking the roti. Ideally, I would shoot in their kitchen (but can use mine) and it should take about 60 minutes, for which I will pay…
Black Migration Important dates in the establishment of Black communities in the Maritimes: 1782-85 About 3,500 Blacks fled to what is now Nova Scotia and New Brunswick at the close of the American Revolution. They had fought for Britain in return for freedom. Once in the Maritimes, they were cheated of land, forced to…
Racial microaggressions in both academic and social spaces have real consequences, the most obvious of which are the resulting negative racial climate and African American students’ struggles with feelings of self-doubt and frustration as well as isolation. This means that the African American students on the campuses studied must strive to maintain good academic standing…
Microaggressions are subtle insults (verbal, nonverbal, and/or visual) directed toward people of color, often automatically or unconsciously. Our study of the collegiate racial climate and the effect of racial microaggressions begins by defining race and racism. One can argue that dominant groups often attempt to legitimate their position via ideological means or a set of…
Lawrence Hill, who was profiled on day 3, will be reading at the UTSC Leigha Lee Browne Theatre on Feb 1st, 11:00 am. City of Words presents Lawrence Hill UTSC Leigha Lee Browne Theatre Time: Feb 1st, 11:00 am End: Feb 1st, 1:00 pm Interest Categories: Information, Humanities (UTSC), English and Drama (UTM), English (UTSC),…
There are many stories within me. There are many stories within people I know. We get together and shape our relationships with the stories we share with each other and what we decide to disclose. Stories that reinforce who we are or ones that jerk us into a different reality that we did not know…
Racism in Canada: the myth and the reality One of the things I find particularly irksome about the stereotype that Canadians have about themselves (ourselves) is that we are a fundamentally “nice” people – so nice, in fact, that we don’t really have a problem with racism. It is the case that Canada’s history of…
but today, someone tells you that they are, you don’t have to feel bad about the last x years. Start today. Learn to do it differently. Let this be the turning point. It might take some time to get it right, but there’s no reason to refuse to try not to harm people. Sometimes, that…
Racialized communities experience ongoing, disproportionate levels of poverty. In other words, people from Aboriginal and ethno-racial minority groups (communities of colour) are more likely to fall below the low income cut off (LICO) and to have related problems like poor health, lower education, and fewer job opportunities, than those from European backgrounds. While it is…
