Xenophobia


Alina found work in the catalogue department of Simpson's department store but the family had a difficult time becoming part of Canadian society. "What precisely do the Canadians think DPs are?" she asked. "Sometimes I feel as though we were expected to be some new strange species." - from a CBC history article titled Displaced Persons.

Black school children are still mocked about the colour of their skin. Black students are four times more likely to be expelled from a Toronto high school than White students. Black workers are twice as likely as Asian workers and four times as likely as White workers to report experiencing racial discrimination in major decisions at workplaces in Canada

A visibly indigenous women is attacked in her car while dropping her son off at school in Vancouver. An indiginous women is hit with a trailer hitch thrown from a passing car in Thunder Bay.

And now three generations of a Muslim family are killed in one brutal act in London.

Let's face facts. Canada is NOT a safe place unless you are white middle class. “We can’t deny it. We can’t reject that because it does no one any help. The reality is our Canada is a place of racism, of violence, of genocide of Indigenous people. And our Canada is a place where Muslims aren’t safe.” - Jagmeet Singh.

Jagmeet has called for
  • an end to Islamophobic dog whistles in politics.
  • a ramp-up in resources to douse white supremacist ideology.
  • stronger steps to combat online hate and stifle radicalization.

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