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2030 - CBC Montreal: "Longtime Quebec civil rights a…" - disabled.social
Longtime Quebec civil rights activist Dan Philip dead at 87 Dan Philip, former president of the Black Coalition of Quebec, died Monday. He's being remembered as a pillar of the community for his work promoting the rights of Black Quebecers and fighting against racial discrimination. #cbc #news #News #Canada #Montreal
2128 - International Monitor: "The United Nations issued a ne…" - disabled.social
The United Nations issued a new alert on Thursday regarding 780,000 displaced people in Mozambique. The war receives little attention from the rest of the world, and the UN received promises of just 5% of the funding necessary to help the people of Mozambique. Read more here: https://intlmonitor.com/africa/a-silenced-war-more-than-780000-displaced-in-mozambique/
2993 - May Likes Toronto: "Some years ago, I made it past…" - disabled.social
Some years ago, I made it past a round of layoffs. I started counting who got let go. At least 70% of them were POCs. Most of the 30% of white people were about to retire and packaged out early. Definitely not representative of the company's demographics. When I brought this up: - "I don't believe in affirmative action." 🤔 - "We even cleared the list with our lawyers!" 😑 - "But *I* am not racist!" 🙈 Honey, this is why it's called Systemic Racism.
4183 - Affirmative action, merit and police recruitment
Benchmark Men, that is, those who are white, Anglo-Celtic, heterosexual and able-bodied, have traditionally dominated masculinist institutions like the police force. As a result, it has come to be assumed that they must be the best people. Accordingly, decision makers persist in appointing and promoting those who look most like themselves. 'It's like looking in a mirror', said one member of a recruitment panel when asked what image he held of the 'best per~on'.~ The essential subjectivity of ...
4958 - haveachattabs
We are not criminals, we are criminalised We are not prisoners, we are imprisoned We are not convicts, we are convicted When you assign us a sovereign character trait rather than talk about an action, you are subjecting us to language that defines our past & predicts our future
6524 - Stan Grant: Aboriginal TV host's exit renews criticism of Australian media
High-profile Aboriginal presenter Stan Grant left Australian TV this week, citing "relentless" abuse.
8068 - Despite a large body of research that speaks to subtle & not-so-subtle cues that send messages to Black students that they're being stigmatised in historically White academic spaces, little attenti...
8874 - The time tax put on scientists of colour
The pressure on researchers from ethnic minority groups to participate in campus diversity issues comes at a cost.
9954 - El sesgo racial en la cobertura de medios occidentales sobre Ucrania es vergonzoso
Es como si la matanza y la invasión fueran solo para imponerse a países habitados por personas negras y morenas
