Time and time again the stories are told, and time and time again no change has come. For years, Nova Scotia’s Black community has been recounting stories of pain, frustration and fear in its interactions with police. Now, with the release of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission’s report on street checks, African Nova Scotians […]
White Fragility
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The intentional ignorance of Halifax police street checks
We’ve been here before, many times. On Monday night, Black community members packed into a room at the Cornwallis Street Baptist Church to discuss street checks and racial profiling with researchers from the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission. The community meeting was one of a series of three “Starting the Conversation” sessions conducted this week […]
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Masuma Khan isn’t letting Dal off the hook after complaint withdrawal
And then the glare of public attention around the whole Masuma Khan discipline case got to be too much for Dalhousie University. The school’s vice provost, Arig al Shaibah, this afternoon posted an “Important message” formally announcing that the complaint against Khan has been withdrawn. The full message is here, but the bottom line comes […]
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Discrimination: a part of Dalhousie’s heritage
Dalhousie has a long history of discriminating against those who are not in power. Since its inception as an institution, its function has been to reproduce the existing power structure in the society. I write this in response to the cases of Masuma Khan and Kati George-Jim. After Facebook comments around Canada 150 declaring “white […]
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Dal to students: It’s not about white fragility or reverse racism
Adding to whatever homework they received in classes today, Monday afternoon Dal students were emailed a 900-word memo about white fragility and the Code of Student Conduct. The email came from the university’s vice-provost for student affairs, Arig al Shaibah, who just a week ago sent a similar note responding to the homecoming street party. But unlike […]
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Dalhousie faculty pen letter in support of Masuma Khan
Professors, students and staff at Dalhousie law are speaking out in support of Masuma Khan, as hate speech and violent threats against the student leader flood in. Since The Coast first reported on Khan’s case last Thursday, the story—and a firestorm of response—has broken open across the country. The vice-president academic and external for the […]