Wactching the doc series ordinary men:the forgotten holocaust on @netflixca will give you an interesting perspective ... the israelies are doing to the Palestians what was done to them.... us vs them.
Slavery broke the world in half, it broke it in every way. It broke Europe. It made them into something else, it made them slave masters, it made them crazy. You can't do that for hundreds of years and it not take a toll. They had to dehumanize...slaves...[and] themselves
When somebody says, "We have to meet people where they are," an important question is, WHICH people? Who are you prioritizing? How would our antiracist efforts change if me met people experiencing racism and demanding justice where THEY are, and used that as our starting point?
With the resignation of Russell Brown from the Supreme Court of Canada @SCC_eng, we call on the Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau to recommend a Black judge to address the lack of Black representation on the bench. Our judiciary must be representative of our communities.
We finished STARFest with the incomparable Ian Williams (@ianwillwrite) & Omar Salifou (@isthisforrealca. The evening started with a recitation by Poet Laureate Lauren Seal and introductions by Helen Agbonison. Insightful and illuminating! Photos: @landdeveloperAB#ReadersFest
I’m taken aback at how shallowly people perceive the hijab issue in Iran. No govt whether in Iran or Quebec has a write to mandate what women wear or don’t wear. Yet, watch “liberals” support Iranian protests but not Quebec. 1/ thestar.com/opinion/star-col…
Last-place aversion - those earning just above t minimum wage will be most likely to oppos minimum-wage increases as they would no longer have a lower-wage group benefit. Cnect this to race. White folks will shoot themselves in t foot to make sure Black folks dont benefit. #hist
Another aspect of Caribbean food culture is the ability to "make do". Through ingenuity and skill a dish is invented out of necessity (houston). Making do - a practice of liberation and empowerment. #blackbrillianceconferce2022@centredufferin
Haiti is the only country in the world where descendants of enslaved people were forced to pay reparations to descendants of their masters for generations.
Nobody knew exactly how much Haiti paid France — and at what cost to its future — until now. nyti.ms/3MA2C3V