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Also if you believe racism is not a problem in Canada, you are delusional.
The last residential school, which murdered, raped, and traumatized over a thousand Indigenous children was not closed until 1996 - 2 YEARS before I was born.
http://www.trc.ca/about-us.html
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The last residential school, which murdered, raped, and traumatized over a thousand Indigenous children was not closed until 1996 - 2 YEARS before I was born.
http://www.trc.ca/about-us.html
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During WWII, Japanese-Canadians (ie. including LEGAL Canadian citizens) were forced into internment camps following the bombing of Pearl Harbour. Their neighbourhoods were completely destroyed and sold off, so they had nothing to return to.
https://www.canadashistory.ca/explore/military-war/japanese-canadian-internment
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https://www.canadashistory.ca/explore/military-war/japanese-canadian-internment
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Black people in Toronto are 20x more likely to be killed in police shootings than white people.
Between 2013-2017, Black people made up 36% of police shooting cases, 61% of police use-of-force cases involved civilian death, and 70% (!!) of fatal police shootings.
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Between 2013-2017, Black people made up 36% of police shooting cases, 61% of police use-of-force cases involved civilian death, and 70% (!!) of fatal police shootings.
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Link for source on my last tweet: https://globalnews.ca/news/4746387/ontario-human-rights-commission-toronto-police/
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Following the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway (which was primarily built by Chinese migrants) in 1885, the government instituted a head tax that stipulated that Chinese people had to pay a tax simply for originating from China.
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In 1923, Chinese people were excluded from immigrating to Canada AT ALL (known today as the Chinese Exclusion Act). This was not overturned until approximately 24 years later. Thereby preventing Chinese families from reuniting and/or economic growth in their communities.
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Sources for the Chinese head tax and Chinese Exclusion Act:
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/chinese-immigration-act
https://humanrights.ca/story/the-chinese-head-tax-and-the-chinese-exclusion-act
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https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/chinese-immigration-act
https://humanrights.ca/story/the-chinese-head-tax-and-the-chinese-exclusion-act
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Just today, in 2020, we only have one POC party leader in the House of Commons (NDP's @theJagmeetSingh), who was kicked out of the House today for calling out racism (ie, calling a racist a racist) when putting forth a movement to investigate systemic racism in the RCMP.
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Singh gets the point across well WHY that's a racist action, “In this moment where Indigenous people are being killed and being brutalized, Black people are being killed and brutalized in Canada. We've not seen any action, and in that moment, we put forward this motion,"
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but I thought given where we are, given what's going on, given the lack of action, here is something we can do concretely to actually make a difference… Kind of shocked that anyone would say no to this motion."
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/singh-stands-by-calling-bloc-mp-a-racist-after-being-removed-from-house-1.4988470
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https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/singh-stands-by-calling-bloc-mp-a-racist-after-being-removed-from-house-1.4988470
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In summary: Canada has a LONG history of systemic racism against BIPOC and their communities. So please stop deluding yourself that we are somehow immune to the abhorrent racism that's happening in the USA right now, and take a good long look at our history.
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By continuing to deny the racial inequalities and systemic racism in Canada, we do nothing to fix them.
Call out racism in Canada because THERE IS racism in Canada.
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Call out racism in Canada because THERE IS racism in Canada.
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