Thanks to “Too Asian? Talk Back!” for bringing this to my attention. Thanks a whole lot. Damn it.
This brilliant article was written on April 19 2011 by Ian Turner at the Vancouver Observer.
The subtitle is:
The theories range from cultural differences to language barriers, but everyone agrees: It’s not because of racism
Uh huh.
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FUCK!
Okay, this blog has been a long time coming, since way before the election was called, but since the election was called/forced, the arrogance and monstrosities have increased and my rage and outrage are boiling over.
This blog entry will be in two sections.
1. Harper is a lying, arrogant fuckwad who is running his own fiefdom and doesn’t have a concept about what democracy is (even the watered-down bullshit version we have here in Canada) or what is good for the people. Remember people? Not corporations. Not big-business. PEOPLE, for fuck’s sake!!!
I haven’t been able to write about Japan. I’m sorry. It’s emotionally overwhelming, and then there’s the reactions and responses from the various people in charge, and then of course the Western media and the populace at large.
I have friends living in Japan right now, and I have friends here who have family there. It’s damn personal, and like everything, damn political too.
Thousands of stranded people. Villages and towns and homes that no longer exist. Many more thousands, if not hundreds of thousands living in toxic circumstances. The nuclear power stations, the destruction and poisoning of that part of the world, the water, the air, and, ultimately, other parts of the world.
So I still have no words. But I have links.
Japan earthquakes and tsunami: most dramatic videos
Japan PM: Radiation leaking from damaged plant
Japan: where can the nuclear refugee go?
Traces of Japanese radiation detected in Newfoundland
Japanese radiation in Canadian water
Japan is more than its disasters
Japan’s nuclear disaster shows the danger of this energy source
Does Japan need your donation?
From the “Wahoo there’s a study to back up stuff we know already!!” files.
First of all, skin colour isn’t the problem. RACISM is the problem.
The article in the Toronto Star
(Don’t, I beg of you and impore you, read the comments. Just don’t.)
A “colour code” is keeping visible minorities out of good jobs in the Canadian labour market, a new study says.
Um, that colour code (it sounds almost nice doesn’t it, like organizing your files in a Virgo-like manner. Ahem.) is called RACISM!!
Researchers compared earnings of first-generation immigrants of visible minority and Caucasian backgrounds and found that earnings by male newcomers from visible minorities were just 68.7 per cent of those who were white males. Read the rest of this entry »
This blog by Womanist Musings was posted in my Facebook feed.
Why I am Skipping Black History Month Today is the first day of Black history month. Schools throughout North America are going to spend the next month educating students on the history of the people of the African Diaspora. Teachers will pat themselves on the back for having inclusive pedagogy and many students of colour will only feel further ‘othered’. White supremacts will spend the month whining about the fact that a Black history month exists, and will therefore call it racist and exclusionary.
Why I am Skipping Black History Month
Today is the first day of Black history month. Schools throughout North America are going to spend the next month educating students on the history of the people of the African Diaspora. Teachers will pat themselves on the back for having inclusive pedagogy and many students of colour will only feel further ‘othered’. White supremacts will spend the month whining about the fact that a Black history month exists, and will therefore call it racist and exclusionary.
Black history month was intended to be inclusive, and teach about the sacrifices of people of the African Diaspora and instead, in my education, it served to further White supremacy — because specific events were chosen to frame Canada as a nation of tolerance. If we factor in that Black history month creates Black history as an additive, because it is not deemed important enough to focus on throughout the year, with the fact that it is often structured in such a manner that places importance on reducing the effect of White supremacy, the very existence of the month is problematic. It is hardly surprising that White supremacy would effect the celebration of our history, given that there is nothing outside its purview in North America.
Read the full blog here. And the comments are outstanding.
