Day 20 of 40 Days of Engagement on Anti-Racism. Matthew Tyhurst recounts how the testimony of a racialized person his own age helped change the way he looks at the world.
continue readingDay 21 of 40 Days of Engagement on Anti-Racism: For Michiko Bown-Kai, moving from a big city to a small town has meant imagining new ways to remain committed to the ongoing work of racial justice.
continue readingDay 22 of 40 Days of Engagement on Anti-Racism: Becca Whitla notes that unless we confront racism as a social construction that was used to facilitate colonial expansion, we are not really getting at its root causes.
continue readingDay 23 of 40 Days of Engagement on Anti-Racism: Adele Halliday reflects on how she can experience profound systemic racism and sexism and yet can also carry considerable power and privilege because of the many other identities she holds.
continue readingDay 24 of 40 Days of Engagement with Anti-Racism: Delores Kenny debunks the tax dollar and “handout” myths that continue to be used to stereotype Indigenous people.
continue readingDay 25 of 40 Days of Engagement on Anti-Racism: Chelsea Masterman notes that having White privilege calls her to accept and work through it in service of dismantling systemic racism.
continue readingDay 29 of 40 Days of Engagement on Anti-Racism: Kim Uyede-Kai’s father was a Japanese-Canadian child of World War II internment. For him, wartime rice mixed with rough barley was the taste and texture of internment.
continue readingDay 28 of 40 Days of Engagement on Anti-Racism: Julie Ng grew up admiring all things British, but meeting immigrants in Canada led her to explore Chinese history and culture.
continue readingDay 26 of 40 Days of Engagement on Anti-Racism: Having lived in a country that was under colonial rule, Dorcas Kanana Muketha learned how detrimental undermining other people’s cultures can be.
continue readingDay 27 of 40 Days of Engagement on Anti-Racism: For M Chorney, being anti-racist isn’t just about big, publicly visible actions—it’s also about the everyday combatting of prejudices and discrimination.
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