Facing racism in Canada
THIS WEEK ON CONTEXT – As pleas for racial justice cry out across our world, and police brutality in the U.S. goes viral after the horrific killing of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis, a clarion call has rung out in our own country to face the widespread and insidious forms of Racism in Canada.
Maggie John talks with Norm Taylor about police handling of mental wellness checks, her brother Mark on growing up Black in Canada, journalist, Jacky Habib, an Indigenous panel on Anti-Indigenous issues, an American and Canadian panel on Anti-Asian hate crimes, and Briget Antwi, and Brian Dijkema of CARDUS.