Letters to the editor, June 29, 2020: Readers weigh in on ending racism in Canada, pandemic bungling by Canadian governments and a fur harvest pushing northern trappers to the brink.
to pen open letters to America addressing the recent upheaval and the task of confronting racism that—deny it as some Canadians might—persists in their own country.
I won’t forget the words of the eight Black Canadian writers. They were eloquent and passionate, and included many truths that need to be heard again and again. They also included untruths that need to be challenged. I’m a white Canadian who has known for decades that racism and systemic racism are part of Canadian society. I also study history. Every known large-group society has been based on inequality and domination. These are not white-people inventions.
In her opinion piece, Rachel Jansen states: “It’s no coincidence that all these examples are of privileged, white men” . Why did she feel she had to state the great inventors were white, and men? I think it was a given and a “no-brainer” back in the day that they were white men. Could she not have simply said they were living a life of privilege and not call out their race and gender? In this day and age, it is not appropriate to stereotype white men anymore.
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