Canada the Great White North where Anti-Black Racism Thrives: Kicking Down the Doors and Exposing the Realities

Canadians routinely criticize social welfare policies, police brutality, race-related tensions and racism in the Unites States and simultaneously compare those issues with those in Canada. Not surprisingly, the comparison places Canada, Canadians and its policies at the centre of a growing narcissis...

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Published in:Phylon 2016-06, Vol.53 (1), p.20-41
Main Authors: Mullings, Delores V., Morgan, Anthony, Quelleng, Heather Kere
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African Americans
Black communities
Black people
Black white relations
Killing
Men
Police
Racism
Violent crimes
White people
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Summary:Canadians routinely criticize social welfare policies, police brutality, race-related tensions and racism in the Unites States and simultaneously compare those issues with those in Canada. Not surprisingly, the comparison places Canada, Canadians and its policies at the centre of a growing narcissistic outlook about what Canada stands for with respect to human rights in a global context and especially in relation to countries in the Global North. This paper addresses institutional racial violence against African Canadians using a Critical Race Theory counter story orientation. The discussion focuses on police encounters with African Canadians by way of two examples which led to emotional harm and death of members of the African Canadian community in Toronto. The argument herein challenges Canada’s reputation of having comprehensive human rights policies that address systemic racism and further exposes not only the insidiousness of Canadian anti-Black racism but the racialized rhetoric of community blaming that policy makers often adopt and endorse when African Canadians’ rights are obliterated resulting in their re-victimization and death.
ISSN:0031-8906
2325-7199