What were you doing when you were 29? Working? Buying a condo? Getting married? Dressing up in blackface and brownface at parties? Yeah, I didn’t think so....
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Not all privilege is created equal
Check your privilege. In the House of Commons, that used to mean, check your constitutional rights and immunities. You can’t be sued for what you said in the House; members benefit from freedom of speech, from arrest in civil actions, and can regulate their own internal affairs. To be privileged was a good thing,...
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A race riot in a southern town — and a daunting policy test for Trudeau
Are black people safe in America? It’s the question many people are asking following this weekend’s violent rallies of white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia. Nazis, Ku Klux Klan supporters and other hate groups operating under the ‘alt-right’ umbrella took to the streets to protest the removal of a statue of General Robert E. Lee,...
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It’s a good year to be a racist creep
Note to Leitch: Maybe now is not the time to be sucking up to Trump Is Donald Trump’s presidency paving the way for the ascent of the alt-right around the world — including Canada? From French politician Marine LePen to British leader Nigel Farage, to a host of far-right European parties in between, the...
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