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Dear White Friends,
Please, no more pledges to end racism.
Do something. Please.
Are there Black people or Indigenous People in positions of power where you work?
Where you shop? Where you bank?
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Please, no more pledges to end racism.
Do something. Please.
Are there Black people or Indigenous People in positions of power where you work?
Where you shop? Where you bank?
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2/ Have you ever voted for a Person of Colour?
Are there People of Colour living in your neighbourhood? Do you know if they've ever experienced racism?
Do the title deeds of houses in your neighbourhood forbid selling to People of Colour? https://globalnews.ca/news/6450016/west-vancouver-land-titles-racist/
Are there People of Colour living in your neighbourhood? Do you know if they've ever experienced racism?
Do the title deeds of houses in your neighbourhood forbid selling to People of Colour? https://globalnews.ca/news/6450016/west-vancouver-land-titles-racist/
3/ What historical racist acts have happened within 100km radius of where you live? https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2015/07/03/The-Riot-That-Changed-Canada/
4/ Work on discovering where the structures that perpetuate racism still exist where you live.
Please just do something. Even if it's just learning more than you now know about the history of racism here. https://www.vancourier.com/opinion/reconciling-the-damage-done-by-urban-renewal-1.23166087
Please just do something. Even if it's just learning more than you now know about the history of racism here. https://www.vancourier.com/opinion/reconciling-the-damage-done-by-urban-renewal-1.23166087
5/ Just please. No more pledges.
Please.
We, Indigenous, Black, People of Colour, keep bleeding despite all the pledges that have been made before.
We're exhausted from hurting so much for so long.
Do something. It's been 400 years already.
Please.
We, Indigenous, Black, People of Colour, keep bleeding despite all the pledges that have been made before.
We're exhausted from hurting so much for so long.
Do something. It's been 400 years already.
