Weekend Video: Two great poems by Rebecca Thomas
Rebecca Thomas trying to get Halifax councillors to recognize their sense of entitlement and white supremacy. It’s an uphill battle.
Racism
Weekend Video: Delmore “Buddy”Daye
Just a very nice tribute by Melinda Daye to her father, the legendary Elmore “Buddy” Daye.
The true cost of Muskrat Falls – methylmercury and environmental racism
Nova Scotia stands to benefit from the Muskrat Falls power generating project through the Maritime Link. It’s time to have our voice heard on the severe damage the project threatens to inflict on the Inuit who live there.
Organizer of Sobeys protest: It’s not skin-deep, it’s a bone-deep issue
An interview with Rev. Lennett Anderson, organizer of the Sobeys anti-racism rally in Tantallon: “Race is not a card I play, it’s the life I live.”
Weekend Video: The Little Black Schoolhouse (trailer)
This week’s weekend video: A trailer and a link to a full documentary by African Nova Scotian filmmaker and poet Sylvia Hamilton.
New book tackles Canada’s racist legacy
Outright government-sanctioned racism is very much part of Black Canadian history. A recently published book talks about this godawful legacy. The Nova Scotia chapters make for a grim read.