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Journalists of colour are getting a tsunami of hate for unpacking #BlackfaceTrudeau and sharing their experiences of racism in Canada against a backdrop of a disproportionately white media and political space. Read and share their work:
“Whatever points are being won or lost are being marked on the lives of people who most need a government that will defend and support their racialized lives": @vmochama washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
“If Canadians want to continue to brand themselves as the global ambassadors of the most multicultural country in the world, it's time they elect leaders that understand what it means to purport and protect that”: @fatimabsyed nationalobserver.com/2019/09/19/ana…
“Realistically, these incidents are unlikely to sway people’s votes away from Trudeau, but let’s take a moment to at least acknowledge how painful blackface and brownface are for the people in those communities": @ManishaKrishnan vice.com/en_ca/article/…
“I want to unpack why for so many people these revelations hurt, and what this says about our Prime Minister”: @anima_tk w/ @supriyadwivedi
“had I been on the plane with the rest of the press corps I would have asked Trudeau this one question: what did you think of brown and black people when you were growing up? And I suspect the answer might have been ... “nothing at all": @VanmalaS nationalpost.com/news/opinion-o…
@VanmalaS "As with his cruel dismissal of protestors from Grassy Narrows (“Thanks for your donation”), it shows you that Trudeau’s behaviour towards people of colour and Indigenous people isn’t just indifference or expediency, but something else": @rjjago canadalandshow.com/second-photo-o…
@VanmalaS @rjjago "Once again, we are told that at least it’s good that Canada is having these “important conversations,” as if we Black people haven’t always been speaking and explaining and arguing over and over again": El Jones for @HfxExaminer halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/trude…
@VanmalaS @rjjago @HfxExaminer "So what is Trudeau going to do, with the power he has, to dismantle the structures of racism that allowed for his ignorance to thrive?" @radiyahch chatelaine.com/opinion/justin…
