dagblog - Comments for "Dalhousie u president responds to &#039;abhorrent&#039; racist graffiti found on campus" http://dagblog.com/link/dalhousie-u-president-responds-abhorrent-racist-graffiti-found-campus-24567 Comments for "Dalhousie u president responds to 'abhorrent' racist graffiti found on campus" en The Toronto Sun article says http://dagblog.com/comment/249180#comment-249180 <a id="comment-249180"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/dalhousie-u-president-responds-abhorrent-racist-graffiti-found-campus-24567">Dalhousie u president responds to &#039;abhorrent&#039; racist graffiti found on campus</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The Toronto Sun article says there were “ anti-racists” and so- called racist. The article then describes proud- to- be rednecks who interrupted the meeting with shouts and a white supremacist sitting in the audience. I guess these were the so-called racists.</p> <p><a href="http://torontosun.com/news/local-news/warmington-anti-racism-meeting-turns-into-the-jerry-springer-show">http://torontosun.com/news/local-news/warmington-anti-racism-meeting-turns-into-the-jerry-springer-show</a></p> <p>Nova Scott’s has a rich black history. Matthieu de Costa, a freedman, was one of the original non-indigenous explorers of the area. Novia Scotia was also the place where many blacks who fought for the British in the Revolutionary War were placed for their safety after fleeing the United States when the British lost.</p> <p>Mathieu de Costa</p> <p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathieu_de_Costa">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathieu_de_Costa</a></p> <p>Black Loyalists</p> <p><a href="https://novascotia.ca/museum/blackloyalists/who.htm">https://novascotia.ca/museum/blackloyalists/who.htm</a></p> <p>Black Loyalist Heritage Center</p> <p><a href="https://blackloyalist.novascotia.ca/">https://blackloyalist.novascotia.ca/</a></p> <p>Sad that the turmoil exists</p> <p> </p> </div></div></div> Mon, 26 Feb 2018 13:49:54 +0000 rmrd0000 comment 249180 at http://dagblog.com Anti-racism meeting  http://dagblog.com/comment/249172#comment-249172 <a id="comment-249172"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/dalhousie-u-president-responds-abhorrent-racist-graffiti-found-campus-24567">Dalhousie u president responds to &#039;abhorrent&#039; racist graffiti found on campus</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><a href="http://torontosun.com/news/local-news/warmington-anti-racism-meeting-turns-into-the-jerry-springer-show">Anti-racism meeting (inToronto) turns into The Jerry Springer Show</a></p> <p>Op-ed by Joe Warmington @ The Toronto Sun, Feb. 23</p> <blockquote> <p>TORONTO — It was racism industry on full display.</p> <p>In one corner, you had the “anti-racists” who gathered to talk about racism in Canada and new legislation to end it. In the other, you had the so-called “racists.”</p> <p>Needless to say, this was set up to be a powder keg.</p> <p>What was billed as an “Anti-Racism Town Hall” at the Grant African Methodist Episcopal Church on Gerrard St. at Woodbine Ave. on Thursday evening turned into part socialism lecture and part ‘The Jerry Springer Show’ [....]</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/02/24/u-of-t-student-group-says-racial-violence-and-harassment-a-health-and-safety-issue.html">University of Toronto student group says racial violence and harassment a health and safety issue</a></p> <p><em>The Graduate Student Union’s race and ethnicity caucus wrote a letter calling on the Canadian Union of Public Employees to address recent incidents on campus that have created a “toxic workplace environment.”</em></p> <p>By Jennifer Yang, "Identity and Inequality Reporter" @ The Toronto Star, Feb. 24, 2018</p> <blockquote> <p>The union representing University of Toronto teaching assistants is promising action after hearing a student group’s concerns over “multiple instances of racial violence and harassment” on campus and what they consider the university’s inadequate response.</p> <p>The Graduate Student Union’s <a href="https://www.utgsu.ca/committees-caucuses/race-ethnicity-caucus/" onclick="theStarLinkClick(event, this, false)">race and ethnicity caucus</a> wrote a letter Feb. 6 calling on the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 3902 to address recent incidents of racism on campus that have created a “toxic workplace environment for U of T employees." [.....]</p> </blockquote> </div></div></div> Mon, 26 Feb 2018 08:02:53 +0000 artappraiser comment 249172 at http://dagblog.com