canada
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A Neverending Quest for Sovereignty
I often jokingly tell people that I grew up in a household made up of three (occasionally four, depending on what station in life my father was in at the time) distinct American dreams—one for each flag or passport represented: Comoros, Canada and the United States. My mother, my brother and I are a trinity…
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O Canada! White Canuck Detains, Calls Police on Black Man He Deems an ‘Illegal Alien’
Well, it looks like one of the things our largest trading partner is importing from the USA is good old xenophobic racism. In a recent video in which a white man can be seen berating a person of color, saying the man is an “illegal alien,” if you blink, you might think that the incident…
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Racial-Profiling Pool Patrol Goes International: Black Canadian Family Say They Were Singled Out at Neighborhood Pool Over Whether They Belong
Don’t look now, but #PoolPatrolPaul appears to have a Canadian cousin out here doing his mayonnaise lord’s work. A black family in British Columbia, Canada, is alleging that they were racially profiled at a pool in their townhouse complex last Thursday. According to them, in the two years since they bought their home, this is…
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Toronto Principal Transferred After Being Accused of Racially Profiling Students With ‘Black List’
To hear Principal Peggy Aitchison of Etobicoke School of the Arts tell it, she was just trying to track gaps in educational support and achievement. So she crafted a list of students which she she shared with other staff at ESA in November. The issue? The list comprised only the school’s black students—including its valedictorian.…
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Trump Continues His Petty Presidency, Vows to Make Canada Pay for Trudeau’s Comments
Welp, the G-7 summit happened, and as expected, the president of the United States showed his entire untanned ass on a global stage. And even though the party has ended, that hasn’t stopped Donald Trump from holding a grudge. Apparently Trump believes that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shaded him during a speech he made…
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Canadian MP Rocks ‘Pretty Dope’ Braids in Solidarity With Girls Shamed for Their Hair
Canadian Member of Parliament Celina Caesar-Chavannes took to the floor of our upstair neighbor’s legislative body last week and delivered a moving speech on bullying and intolerance of black hairstyles and features. “Irrespective of her hairstyle, the size of her thighs, the size of her hips, the size of her baby bump, the size of…
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Canada’s Ex-Poet Laureate Stole From Tupac and Maya Angelou in the Greatest Cultural Appropriation of All Time
Move over, Taylor Swift. Kendall and Kylie, have as many seats as you need. There’s a new front-runner for The Root’s second-annual Wypipo Awards, and even though the nominations have not yet been formally submitted, I have a feeling that Pierre DesRuisseaux might be 2017’s runaway winner. Pierre DesRuisseaux is a prolific poet and writer…
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Texas Secretary of State Turns Down Hurricane Harvey Aid From Canada and Asks for Prayers Instead: Report
As reports continue to roll in estimating the damage that Hurricane Harvey has caused to parts of Texas, the news that Texas Secretary of State Rolando Pablos reportedly turned down help from our friends in Canada is beyond troubling. According to Pathos, Quebec Minister of International Relations Christine St-Pierre called Pablos to offer blankets, beds,…
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On Being the Only Black Man for Miles (or Kilometers) in Western Canada
Full disclosure: My wife is neither black nor American. The current Mrs. Richardson is the daughter of Indian immigrants and was born and raised just outside of Vancouver in British Columbia. It’s a beautiful place, really. The Fraser Valley is the type of landscape that evenly swaps out steep hills and crested peaks for wide-open…
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Canadian Woman Caught on Camera Demanding a ‘White Doctor’ for Her Son at Ontario Clinic
Seems our neighbors to the north have their own share of racists who aren’t afraid to spew their hatred in public, even in this, the cellphone age, in which you are guaranteed to be uploaded to one social media site or another within minutes. One Canadian man videotaped a woman at a walk-in clinic in…