Comments on Womanist Musings: Our Home and Native Land

You mentioned Luke and Russell Granados in your ar...

2008-10-20T16:00:25.637-04:00

You mentioned Luke and Russell Granados in your article and I know them personally...and what kills me about them is...that their father is a Jamaican man and they have plenty of black family members...its a real shame...hating themselves

Very informative post, I am from the states but tr...

2008-06-10T16:36:00.000-04:00

Very informative post, I am from the states but travel to BC to visit my other half any chance I get. We were both surprised!

Apparently I live in the hate crime capital of Can...

2008-06-10T14:36:00.000-04:00

Apparently I live in the hate crime capital of Canada...

You are absolutely right, we need to stop pretending Canada is a perfect utopia of racial harmony and start facing the problem of racism. Just because things are marginally better than the US doesn't mean there is no problem here! If things even are better than the US, which I'm not entirely convinced they are. I'm not a person of colour so I've never experienced racism first hand but I've certainly witnessed enough of it. Particularly (but not solely) toward First Nations people.

reply @ chinesecannuckRace can be mitigated by cla...

2008-06-10T13:39:23.843-04:00

reply @ chinesecannuck

Race can be mitigated by class position however race itself still functions to marginalize bodies of color. Not all oppression is class based. For instance if a wealthy black man is pulled over for driving an expensive car, in a predominately white neighborhood, his race is functioning to limit his freedom.

Question: If a non-white person was raised in a w...

2008-06-10T12:05:00.000-04:00

Question: If a non-white person was raised in a wealthy part of town, attended private school (at $20K/year without financial aid) and had his/her university education fully paid for, how on earth is he/she still "marginalized"? He/she may not have white privilege, but he/she is NOT MARGINALIZED. Especially if mommy and daddy have connections.

That's EXACTLY why I don't like the term Person of Colo(u)r. It makes it sound like every non-white person lives in poverty.

That was the point of my argument anonymous. It e...

2008-06-10T01:33:44.473-04:00

That was the point of my argument anonymous. It exists but we also see it relative to the US rather than dealing with it.

I've faced racism every day of my life here in Can...

2008-06-10T00:12:00.000-04:00

I've faced racism every day of my life here in Canada so I don't have this fantasy that racism doesn't exist, nor do i know anyone (black or other) who sees this fact any differently. I've always maintained that Canadians tend to sweep racism under the rug. the atttitude is if we ignore it, hopefully it will go away. I'm from Montreal and trust me, racism and prejudice is alive and well here.

Another beautiful, wise post. I am a WOC in the U....

2008-06-09T22:02:00.000-04:00

Another beautiful, wise post.

I am a WOC in the U.S.; and I am an anti-racism educator and activist.... our collective works mostly with people from the U.S. but occasionally with folks north of the border. I have consistently heard from white Canadians that there is no race problem in Canada; of course I hear differently from people of color. There is plenty of work to do all over.

Thanks again.

Thank you so much for this post, I was born in Tor...

2008-06-09T20:22:00.000-04:00

Thank you so much for this post, I was born in Toronto Canada,(my parents are from Barbados) and racism and discrimination does happen here everyday. And like you mentioned Canadians will always try to point the finger at Americans when it comes to racism etc. But they have a lot of skeletons in their closet, hence why the school board has tried their hardest not to introduced a lot of black history classes because it would only bring up all the things they claim to not have done.

"John A. Macdonald, Canada's first prime minister was a raving alcoholic, and a vocal racist. "

A fellow on Facebook, I believe he was East Indian had the nerve to tell me that I should be thankful for my forefathers referring to the British and French who stole this land from the Natives. I laughed at him, and responded why would I be thankful for someone or a group of people who had no respect for my ancestors and who were also heavily involved in the slave trade.

Canada also had a white immigration policy.

Spring 1734: Angélique Tortured and Hanged
Marie-Joseph Angélique allegedly set fire to her master's house and destroyed nearly 50 homes. She was tortured and hanged as an object lesson for all Blacks. (Montreal)