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Seeing lots of smug Canadians re: Central Park Karen.
It's important to note that Black men were always seen as violent and aggressive by the white population in Alberta
They even declared in newspapers they would lynch Black people if more came to our province.
Sources below
It's important to note that Black men were always seen as violent and aggressive by the white population in Alberta
They even declared in newspapers they would lynch Black people if more came to our province.
Sources below
"I see the finger of fate pointing to lynch law written large in the north country...which will be the ultimate result as sure as we allow such people to settle among us."
The Edmonton Capital, March 27, 1911, Page 1, Item Ar00117 http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/newspapers/EDC/1911/03/27/1/Ar00117.html
The Edmonton Capital, March 27, 1911, Page 1, Item Ar00117 http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/newspapers/EDC/1911/03/27/1/Ar00117.html
"There can scarcely be anyone who is not aware of the atrocities committed by members of these terrible communities, the only corresponding punishment for which is the lawless lynching."
The Rise of Agrarian Democracy: The United Farmers and Farm Women of Alberta. pg 92
The Rise of Agrarian Democracy: The United Farmers and Farm Women of Alberta. pg 92
Here is a quote from Charles Daniel's Calgary civil rights case. He was refused his seat at the Grand Theatre.
"If a man goes to the theatre with his wife and next to his wife he saw a coloured man, his wife would not want to sit there." https://www.sprawlcalgary.com/calgarys-unknown-civil-rights-hero
"If a man goes to the theatre with his wife and next to his wife he saw a coloured man, his wife would not want to sit there." https://www.sprawlcalgary.com/calgarys-unknown-civil-rights-hero
I should note that there were lynchings here btw. Unfortunately, they are often cast as Canada's "only" lynching when this is not remotely true.
Furthermore, Black men are still criminalized and feared in our country. https://www.bashirmohamed.com/blog/2019/9/1/canadas-only-lynching
Furthermore, Black men are still criminalized and feared in our country. https://www.bashirmohamed.com/blog/2019/9/1/canadas-only-lynching
Also important to note that Amy Cooper is Canadian. https://twitter.com/MubdiRahman/status/1265694916228919297
Petitions were organized against Black people, columns were written titled "We Want No Dark Spots in Alberta," hospitals refused Black patients, and segregation was common.
This history has been white washed and is, unfortunately, not even prioritized in our curriculum.
This history has been white washed and is, unfortunately, not even prioritized in our curriculum.
The consequence is that we react with outrage and smugness when a major racist attack happens in the United States.
But yet when those same problems happen here Canadians either ignore or minimize the problem because "those things don't happen here."
But yet when those same problems happen here Canadians either ignore or minimize the problem because "those things don't happen here."
One solution is for this history to be widely taught. It is by design that most people in Alberta remain ignorant of this history.
By remaining ignorant we ignore our legacy and how these things continue to fuel blatant Anti-Black discrimination in our province.
By remaining ignorant we ignore our legacy and how these things continue to fuel blatant Anti-Black discrimination in our province.
