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Saviolo

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2. It's true.

Reply to Spazito (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 01:50 PM

Jul 2015

I think many people (and many Canadians, especially Torontonians) want to believe that Toronto specifically and Canada generally are very much post-racial, but it's not true.

It is worsened by the fact that most of the police in Toronto come from smaller communities surrounding Toronto where diversity is rarer. They see fewer POC in those communities, so when they see so many more of them in Toronto, they don't know how to deal.

Also, being First Nations in Canada still guarantees pretty terrible treatment by just about all levels of government.

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ICYMI: Desmond Cole is bravely attacking racism in Toronto [View all] Saviolo Jul 2015 OP

Carding is racist in it's institution and is racial profiling... Spazito Jul 2015 #1

It's true. Saviolo Jul 2015 #2

Canadians wear blinders when it comes to racism, imo... Spazito Jul 2015 #3

We like to believe we're all past that Saviolo Jul 2015 #4

He is flip flopping all over the place on this... Spazito Jul 2015 #5

To top it off: Saviolo Jul 2015 #6

There has been a challenge to it's constitutionality filed this past June... Spazito Jul 2015 #7