Issues Pages: Anti-Racism

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How to slash high school drop-out rates in one easy step
Minister Faust | This one weird trick prevents ruined lives and unlocks massive productivity for society.
Book Review
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What Canadians can learn from the early Muslim-immigrant experience
Monia Mazigh | In these tragic times when being a visible Muslim in Canada may kill you, Murray Hogben's book about stories of early Muslim settlers in Canada is relevant and timely.
News
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A settler's guide to cancelling Canada Day: July 1st and beyond
Krystalline Kraus | How do we turn upset into action?
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Off the Hill presents: Truth and reconciliation
rabble staff | rabble.ca’s June edition of its national live-politics panel presents a discussion on truth, reconciliation and Land Back, featuring special guest Cindy Blackstock.
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Criticism of Annamie Paul's leadership is valid
Yves Engler | Annamie Paul and her supporters are right: racism is a factor in her leadership crisis. But it is Paul's inability to view Palestinians as deserving of equal rights that has placed her in this mess.
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Indigenous sovereignty is long overdue
Karl Nerenberg | We have known for decades what it will take to rewrite the future history of Indigenous nations in Canada. When will any government get the courage to take the first step?
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The shared struggles of Muslim Canadians and Indigenous peoples
Helyeh Doutaghi, Ashley Courchene | The media cycles in which Islamophobic killings crowd out stories about Indigenous children's remains suggests competition among different groups of victims, despite shared root causes.
Blog
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To move forward, Canada must accept truth of its past
Gary Engler | Our country has glorified white male warrior, racist colonialism and participated in it at home and abroad. Our laws, our institutions, our foreign policy, our culture have all been affected by it.
Columnists
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Why we need Africentric education
Minister Faust | How many otherwise bored, overlooked, or alienated African-Canadian kids could teachers inspire if they taught a "Wakanda" curriculum connecting the fictional content to its real-world inspiration?
News
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Racism's place in Canada
Madiha Syed | When will my hijab be the symbol of peace it is meant to be rather than a target for hateful people?
Columnists
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The melting pot or the mosaic
Rick Salutin | Can you build a national identity around having no one national identity?
Columnists
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Canada is still in denial about Islamophobia
Monia Mazigh | The core narrative remains untouched: Canada is a polite and compassionate country; we don't do these things at home; we are shocked by these acts of violence.
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