With respect to the story: I certainly empathize with folks separated from family or having their business out on hold due to the border closure.
I think we also need to acknowledge the layers of who has never had an issue with a border in their life and who has.
I mean, it takes a heck of lot of privilege to not think something is a problem until it personally affects you. Like this dude getting mad only when he was added to a no fly list.
Even here, folks have been separated by the border for years. And even more who can βlegallyβ cross but still face problems every time they do. I keep thinking of this @freep piece by @TBaldas because finally data + officers back up what many experience: freep.com/story/news/locβ¦
So again, I can empathize. But itβs can be difficult to take folks seriously when they just discovered an issue because it now personally affects them without recognizing or acknowledging this has been an issue for many others even before the pandemic. Hope they see that one day.
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Hey, county Windsor-Essex peeps, Come get your man. This is a sitting councillor for the Town of Essex spreading blatant racism a year into a deadly pandemic that is not only directing killing people but also harming *many* others as a result of awful xenophobia like this.
This is who to contact at the Town of Essex. Iβm thinking the Mayor (lsnively@essex.ca) and Deputy Mayor (rmeloche@essex.ca) should hear about this for sure.
He previously sought the Ontario PC nomination for the riding of Essex. He didnβt get the nomination but this should absolutely be remembered if he seeks the nomination again (or at the federal level).
While we wax poetic about Windsor-Essex being one of the "most diverse areas" in Canada, this is what Black students face. We can't address this if we continue to pretend racism doesn't exist in our region.
"[The frat members] are part of our community & we have to take responsibility for what they did, which was racist, homophobic, etc. And so for [UWindsor president Rob Gordon] to then... push against this, I think is really disingenuous." @Sujith_Xaviercbc.ca/news/canada/wiβ¦
Important commentary on Ontario's largest school outbreak (49 cases) right here in Windsor re: low-income vulnerability, social circumstances, and not having current demographic data. Ft. @annekersmit and @Frazier_Fathers via @jennlagrassacbc.ca/news/canada/wiβ¦
The school board (and health unit!) not keeping and/or releasing demographic data of schools + neighbourhoods is an issue. Toronto clearly demonstrated there is a correlation between certain neighbourhoods and COVID-19 cases. We would probably see the same if data was available.
Demographic data would be a powerful tool for many reasons - including online learning, as demonstrated by the school board itself: 391 students are attending Begley in person while 146 opted for online learning or paper packages, one of the lowest rates for the board.
If you're going to publish a piece on migrant workers, maybe speak to a local farm worker or two before you throw out a bunch of stereotypes about said group and use these assumptions to imply their sickness/death has to do with their actions alone. Infuriating.
I know this is an opinion piece but come on. The author was a whole university professor. He should know a thing or two research and not making arguments based on conversations with a couple friends who happen to own greenhouses.π
Perhaps the most cruel part of the column is the tone used to describe two "unfortunate" deaths and a number of infections as only a "small" number? So, what would be a palatable number instead? Are these people disposable?