Resistance and Resurgence: Confronting Anti-Black Racism in Canada

As we witness many people in the US protest police violence that claimed George Floyd’s life, we need to also interrogate our own history of violence against Black people here in Canada. After all, how different are we from the US when the Canadian police killed 17 Black people in the past seven years (https://www.pyriscence.ca/home/2020/5...) alone? People in Canada forget that white supremacy have thrived and existed in this country long before the country has even formed, which affects the lives of Black people who live here today. It’s time to turn inwards, and shed a light on anti-Blackness in Canada.

This is a conversation with the following people:
• Angela Marie MacDougall (she/her) - moderator
• Dr. Yvonne Brown (she/her)
• Cicely Blain (they/them)
• Denise Goldberg (she/her)
• Dr. June Francis (she/her)
• Junie Désil (she/her)
• Natasha Tony (she/her)

We ask non-Black people tuning in to:
- hold off on comments during the event
- listen intently to our panelists
- refrain from posting live or live tweeting
- share thoughts with non-Black folks after
- do work outside of this discussion

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• #intersectional_feminism
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• #antiracism