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Systemic Racism
The Canadian Narrative About Slavery is Wrong
thewalurs.ca
Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls' Childhood
Rebecca Epstein, Jamilia J. Blake and Thalia González
Ijeoma Oluo urges us to have better conversations about race
CBC Radio, Tapestry
North Preston: A Look Past Stigma
Arta Rexhepi
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing
Dr. Joy DeGruy
Race is a 4-Letter Word: NFB Documentary
Sobaz Benjamin
Remember Africville
National Film Board
Speak It! From The Heart of Black Nova Scotia.
National Film Board
State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present
Robyn Maynard
There's Something in the Water
Based on the book of the same name by Ingrid Waldron, this film explores the topic of environmental racism, poignantly shining a light on the Canadian government’s current and historical decisions to prioritize the profits of large corporations over the health of Indigenous and Black communities.
Current Realities of Sexual Violence
Being Black and Out
Hillary Bain Lindsay
#MeTooButNotYou: Black Women Being Left Out of the Conversation on Violence
El Jones
Somebody’s Daughter: Inside the Toronto-Halifax Pimping Ring
Phonse Jessome
The Teen Sex Trade: My Story
Jade H. Brooks
Trans Women of Color Face an Epidemic of Violence and Murder
Mary Emily O'Hara
Community and Cultural Norms
Organizations
Becoming an Ally
5 Tips for Being an Ally
Franchesca Ramsey
Becoming an Ally: Breaking the Cycle of Oppression in People, 3rd Edition
Anne Bishop
Guide to Allyship
Implicit Bias: Peanut Butter and Jelly Racism
Saleem Reshamwala, New York Times
Me and White Supremacy
Layla F. Saad
Towards Racial Equity: Becoming an Effective Ally.
Tim Wise
Module Sources
Anne Bishop, Becoming an Ally.
Black Cultural Centre For Nova Scotia
Black Halifax: Stories from Here
Black Loyalist Heritage Centre
Black Women’s Blueprint, “The Black Women’s Truth And Reconciliation Commission On Sexual Assault Archival Information.”
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
CBC
- 'A community of widows': How African-Nova Scotians are confronting a history of environmental racism
- Black people 3 times more likely to be street checked in Halifax, police say
- Black people in Halifax 6 times more likely to be street checked than whites
- Black people made up 41 per cent of RCMP street checks around Halifax
- Black police officer calls for immediate moratorium on street checks
- Black, Indigenous prisoners over-represented in Nova Scotia jails
- 'Call it what it is — white ignorance': Gentrification frays the social fabric in Halifax's North End
- N.S. man guilty of hate crime in cross-burning
- 'Polite racism,' inequality still linger in N.S., say minority groups
- Racist graffiti sprayed on Halifax elementary school
- Street checks permanently banned in N.S. after review calls them illegal
Chanae Parsons, Delmore Buddy Daye Learning Institute, “Africentricity- YOUbuntu: Youth Mentorship Project.”
City News, “African-Nova Scotian activists push for discussion about slavery reparations.”
Council of Parties, Third Public Report, Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children, Restorative Inquiry, Fall 2018.
Conversations with Kate MacDonald, Shianne Gordon, Robert Wright, and El Jones.
CTV News, “Former orphanage residents allege child abuse, neglect, beatings and sexual assault.”
David Este and Wanda Thomas Bernard, “Spirituality Among African Nova Scotians: A Key to Survival in Canadian Society.”
Death of the Strong Black Woman
Dorothy Roberts, “Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty.”
Franchesca Ramsey
Global News, “UN report on racism validates African Nova Scotian experience: Senator.”
Halifax Media Coop, “Being Black and Out.”
Harvard, “Implicit Association Test.
Joy DeGruy, “Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome.”
Oxford Dictionaries, “Privilege.”
Peggy MacIntosh, “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack.”
Psychology Today, “Microaggressions: More than Just Race.”
Rebecca Epstein, Jamilia J. Blake and Thalia González, Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls' Childhood, Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality, 2017.
Reflections, “Becoming Trustworthy White Allies.”
Robyn Maynard, Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present, 2017.
Saleem Reshamwala, New York Times, Implicit Bias: Peanut Butter and Jelly Racism.
Shared Hope, “Trafficking Terms.”
St. Lawrence University, “ADINKRA - Cultural Symbols of the Asante people.”
Tamara Winfrey-Harris, The Sisters are Alright: Changing the Broken Narrative of Black Women in America, 2015.
The Chronicle Herald, “When the Marginalized Speak Up, Listen.” Opinion Piece, January 26, 2018.
The Coast, “Ancestral Roots Awards offers overdue recognition to young Black leaders.”
The Guardian, “'It’s like we're seen as animals': black men on their vulnerability and resilience”
The Nova Scotia Advocate, “Halifax police are deeply racist, African Nova Scotians say at police street check community meeting.”
The Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children Restorative Inquiry.
Torontoist, “Canada Has a Black Incarceration Problem.”
Vera Institute of Justice, “Young Men of Color and the Other Side of Harm.”
VICE, "Trans Women of Color Face an Epidemic of Violence and Murder.”