It& #39;s alleged that my turban was referred to as a "rag" by a former MP
 
I& #39;m no stranger to hate and I know many of you aren& #39;t either
 
But this isn& #39;t about me - it& #39;s about systemic racism in the halls of power and having the courage to confront it
 
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It& #39;s about the RCMP refusing to acknowledge systemic racism while Trudeau stands by and does nothing
 
It& #39;s taking a knee, but not taking a stand
 
It& #39;s the refusal to ban carding
 
It& #39;s the failure to end boil-water advisories
 
It& #39;s empty words, without action

The problem isn& #39;t that someone referred to my turban as a rag
 
It& #39;s that the government keeps taking Indigenous kids to court
 
It& #39;s that we keep seeing images of brute force exerted on Indigenous & Black bodies
 
It& #39;s the refusal to expunge records for pot possession

This runs deeper than allegations of racial slurs
 
It& #39;s about how we treat one another
 
The decisions that are made - and the failure to make the right ones
 
And, for every Canadian that has experienced hate - it& #39;s why I& #39;ll keep fighting and never back down