Tag: White Supremacy

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Migration has always been a disability justice issue

by Ameil Joseph and Briarpatch Staff Sep 7, 2022 7 min read

An interview with Ameil Joseph about the history and present of Canada’s discriminatory treatment of disabled migrants

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Terry Fox, the Freedom Convoy, and disability politics

by Danielle Peers and Kelly Fritsch Sep 7, 2022 11 min read

Terry Fox is the most famous disabled person in Canadian history, a figure who “united the country” during his cross-country marathon. Now, Fox’s iconography is being used to support the Freedom Convoy’s anti-vaccine, anti-mask agenda. What kind of unity does Fox really represent?

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We can’t talk about reconciliation while we’re still justifying killing Indigenous people

by Eriel Tchekwie Deranger Feb 16, 2018 5 min read

Colten Boushie’s killing and Gerald Stanley’s acquittal make it clear: justice has nothing to do with lip service, and everything to do with tangible action.

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Policing Black Lives: The Colour Line

by Robyn Maynard Oct 23, 2017 6 min read

The history of segregated labour in Canada’s Jim-Crow era

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Feminism’s White Default

by Nora Loreto Apr 18, 2016 7 min read

White supremacy continues to permeate feminist organizing in Canada.