systemic-racism

Tory MP says he misspoke after NDP MP accuses him of making anti-Indigenous comment

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Tory MP says he misspoke after NDP MP accuses him of making anti-Indigenous comment

A Conservative MP apologized in the House of Commons on Thursday after an Indigenous colleague from across the political aisle called him out for linking an offender’s criminal record to his race. Brad Redekopp says he misspoke earlier this week when he brought up the 2022 mass stabbings in Saskatchewan during a debate about measures … Read more

Black scholars criticize white writer’s ‘dehumanizing’ use of blackface to write book on U.S. race relations

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Black scholars criticize white writer’s ‘dehumanizing’ use of blackface to write book on U.S. race relations

A Canadian journalist is defending his decision to travel the U.S. in blackface and write a book about racism, after facing a storm of criticism online. “Last summer, I disguised myself as a Black man and traveled throughout the United States to document how racism persists in American society,” Sam Forster, who is white, posted Tuesday on … Read more