Comments on: You have mail, and it isn’t very nice – When white residents don’t want to live in a Black community

By: Timothy Baxter

Timothy Baxter — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 16:41:15 +0000

In reply to Cathy Lucas. Well said. As a Caucasian American who is moving to Nova Scotia I would be proud to own a home in a historically African Nova Scotian community. If they would have me.

By: Iris Drummond

Iris Drummond — Sun, 06 May 2018 14:35:26 +0000

These words are so powerful. these are the beginning pebbles of building a mountain of loving and accepting one another

By: susan

susan — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 15:46:39 +0000

In reply to Kim G.. Amen to all you speak Kim. What a Beautiful world we would live in. If only.

By: Cynthia Dagenais

Cynthia Dagenais — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 01:17:33 +0000

I grew up in Sacktown and most of my friend’s came from Lucasville and Pockwok, never had a problem with anybody. People today just need to bitch about something, and the racism had got to stop. The people from out that way have the best manners and respect. I lived out in the trailer park. Nices, most helpful neighbors anymore would luv to have. Colour has nothing to do with anything. We all bleed the same colour. This comment is about all colours. People really need to grow the f### up.

By: Erin Desmond

Erin Desmond — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 00:06:08 +0000

Absolutely ridiculous. Black people were thrown out there. It is our land, not yours! If you don’t like it, don’t let the door his you where the good Lord split ya. Bye! I’m so tired of this fake reverse racism crap. Lucasville is and was a black community long before any of you arrived there. So please, stop trying to act like it hurts you in some way, when it doesn’t. Again, move if you don’t like it.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sun, 04 Feb 2018 17:34:39 +0000

In reply to Holly Busch. I also live in timber trails and have for many years. When i first moved here it was Lower Sackville or Lucasville. It then changed to Bedford or Hammonds Plains. So, no, you didn't move into your childhood community, you moved to Lucasville, a beautiful historic community and one you should be just as proud to call home. I always say i live in Lucasville when I'm asked because that's where i live regardless of the zoning labels.

By: Kim G.

Kim G. — Sat, 03 Feb 2018 20:08:44 +0000

I am saddened by the attitude of the “Waterstone residents” especially when we already live with so much hatred in the world. Why can’t we just except everybody for who they are and not what we see. The outside of a person is the first layer of something much deeper and richer. The problem with many people is they see skin color, gender, chosen sexual preference, religion and ethnicity, income level (just to name a few) only. I am sad for these “Waterstone residents”. Their worlds must be very lonely and incomplete being in such a high place of self importance and perfection. The world has so much to offer when we are open to new ideas especially when it involves people from other communities and cultures. Imagine how children could grow up if just one community begin the process of living in a world where we all just accepted everyone for who they are. A place where incomes and status did not decide which street you built your house on. I spent twenty one years living in a semi in Lower Sackville and was once told that “only low lives live in semi’s”. This person did not know I lived in one. It was a hurtful comment at first but then I realized this individual had not been taught to love. We need to teach our children how to love to they can love and be loved back.

By: John van Gurp

John van Gurp — Sat, 03 Feb 2018 14:31:42 +0000

“One resident has so little confidence in the local councillor Lisa Blackburn that he or she decided to write councillor Matt Whitman instead.”

Given Whitman’s recent public endorsement of a Neo-Nazi group’s statement on the Cornwallis statue decision, the timing could be more comically perfect in a very sad way. Your local councilor doesn’t support tour racist concerns so you go to the vocally racist councillor to see if he can do something. I’m cry-laughing over here… you can’t make this stuff up!

By: Jennifer Bonner

Jennifer Bonner — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 22:27:16 +0000

Wow so sad! 🙁 I remember being a little girl going to church in lucasville. And being welcomed like no other church has!!

By: Alicia

Alicia — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 21:58:04 +0000

In reply to Tina.

In the same way that disparaging comments against the black community are hurtful, those “last few lines” are hurtful to the good people in the world who don’t happen to be Christian. It would be helpful to focus on the issue at hand, rather than treat the non-Christian community the same way the black community wishes not to be treated…. Just sayin’ 🙁