links for 2008-07-22
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“Canadians may be wrong about race-crime link”
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“Justice experts offer theories about reasons visible minorities are less likely to be convicted, more likely to have DNA taken”
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“While it is unclear if the two boys were victims of hate crimes, Gilao said by educating the youth who commit one-third of the hate crimes in Canada, unnecessary deaths especially among immigrants could be prevented.”
links for 2008-07-09
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“A fight involving two young black men and off-duty police officers has triggered accusations of racism and brutality in the small community of Digby, N.S.”
links for 2008-06-29
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“When it comes to dealing with race and racism in Canada, we often fall into the trap of comparing ourselves to the US. Actually, we seem to do that with just about everything. Being so close to the world’s most dominant culture, we have become the little
links for 2008-06-22
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“She is a high school teacher who was fired from her position at a school in LA because her curriculum was too “Afrocentric” - instead of, you know, the usual Eurocentric curriculum that’s delivered to American students on the daily.”
links for 2008-06-21
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“A black man invented the traffic light!” he answered, shuffling about in the couch. “Cool! What else?” I queried. “I don’t know,” he responded and sank onto the floor.”
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“I’m tired of White people talk down to me and think I wasn’t born here and don’t understand Canadian Culture, rather than realize I’m just rebelling against their racism.”
links for 2008-06-19
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“[White people] truly believe they own the land, because the language is English and the schools are Euro-centric and the world they perceive is White.”
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“the heavily redacted public version of the report points to the important fact that the decision to send me to Syria was made at the highest levels of President George W. Bush’s administration.”
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“Many in Canada’s Tamil community are angry with Ottawa’s move to label one of its organizations a terrorist group.”
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“Residents of a Manitoba First Nation are calling for the removal of their leaders after the community’s water was temporarily cut off this week over unpaid bills.”
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“This is racist food for thought from the Vancouver Courier:”
links for 2008-06-16
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“[Riverdale] also has the highest percentage number of immigrants and visible minorities living in poverty. Most residents work in low paid jobs, even though they have earned high education credentials not recognized by Canadian businesses nor most levels
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“On a day when Prime Minister Stephen Harper reached out with a contrite apology for years of racist policy, one of his high-profile MPs suggested native people need to learn the value of hard work more than they need compensation dollars.”
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“A swift apology from the Conservative MP who said native people need to learn the value of hard work more than they need compensation did little to shine the tarnish on his boss’s historic outreach a day earlier.”
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“A startling demographic snapshot of students across Canada’s largest school board shows the system is failing to help children overcome roadblocks of culture, race, [sic] poverty and family background.”
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“Ottawa should lead an international effort to free a Canadian citizen imprisoned in China on terror charges, human rights advocates said Friday, noting support for the man’s case has gained momentum in the United States despite losing ground at home.”
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“Land claim talks aimed at ending the ongoing aboriginal occupation in Caledonia, Ont., have broken off between Six Nations and government negotiators.”
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“Omar Khadr’s military lawyer says Canada should step in for his client now that the U.S. has handed the Bush administration another major legal loss relating to its Guantanamo Bay policies.”
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“South Asians are disproportionately hard hit by visa quotas and huge backlogs for immigrants, government numbers obtained through a freedom of information request show.”
links for 2008-06-15
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“contrary to stereotype, most of the bachelor’s degrees that Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders received in 2003 were in business, management, social sciences or humanities, not in the STEM fields: science, technology, engineering or math.”
links for 2008-06-14
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“Newsflash: an environment that allows sexism to flourish is usually an environment that allows racism to flourish. Feminists, anti-racists – heck, anyone who cares about creating a culture that has less hate – should bolster the argument that sexism
links for 2008-06-13
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“In other words, just like Asian Americans, Asian Canadians still experience some degree of inequality — perhaps we can even say discrimination — when it comes to applying their high educational credentials to the actual income that they receive.”
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“In the wake of a much-publicized string of attacks on Asian fishermen, a community was forced to face its demons. Now, the focus is on healing”
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“Chinese youth involved in crime often blame discrimination and a lack of opportunities as reasons they joined youth gangs, the co-author of a report on criminality in the ethnic community told a Vancouver audience”
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“When people of colour resist racism and marginalisation, they are aspiring to belong to be part of the Canadian nation, [...] But their activities often are interpreted as disruptive, and the people who resist racism are labelled as ungrateful.”
