It was two years ago this month that Raymond Sheppard first wrote in the former Nova Scotia Advocate about the role racism played in the case of his younger cousin, Lionel Desmond, who, in 2017, killed his wife, Shanna, mother, Brenda, and 10-year-old daughter, Aaliyah, before killing himself. Desmond who served in the Canadian Armed […]
Does Tim Houston need to press reset on his resets?
Houston began his first week in office pressing (the latest) reset on our health care mess. He ended it needing to press reset on his relations with the province's African Nova Scotian community.
So, let’s begin this history lesson somewhere in the murky middle muddle, way back in 1994 when a fresh-faced Liberal government led by Dr. John Savage began the process of regionalizing Nova Scotia’s local health authorities because… well, because everyone else was doing it, and because some experts said it would save money. Then fast...
A record number of Black MLAs heading to the legislature
Duale, Ince, Simmonds, Hansen win their ridings. What, if any, effect will it have on Black issues moving forward?
A record number of four Black MLAs have been elected to the Nova Scotia legislature. For the Liberals, incumbent Tony Ince and newcomers Angela Simmonds and Ali Duale were elected in the 41st provincial election that saw Tim Houston’s PC’s win a majority government. NDP newcomer Suzy Hansen won in the riding of Halifax Needham. […]
Blackface effigy erected in Parrsboro is just the latest example of Nova Scotia’s ingrained racism
"While this figure appears to have their hand raised in a wave, it is not saying hello. Instead, it is signalling that Black bodies are not welcome in the vicinity of this house."
在非洲新闻斯科舍省和坎伯兰 - 哥伦比亚省议员莱诺尔·Zann（Lenore Zann）提出了担忧之后，帕尔斯伯勒以外一处房产上的黑脸雕像被删除。该图引用了传统的Minstrel显示符号，包括白手套和彩绘特征，夸大了嘴唇和凝视着眼睛。这些黑脸服装的要素旨在夸大非洲特征[…]
The ‘quiet’ turmoil inside the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society
The society claims it wants to "eliminate or mitigate systemic discrimination" in its organization. But will it really come to terms with its Lyle Howe legacy?
“这里发生了一些事情，”史蒂芬·史蒂尔斯（Stephen Stills）曾经写道。“这还不清楚。”Here in this case is inside the traditionally somnambulant corridors of the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society, the august and privileged self-governing body, which “regulates Nova Scotia’s legal profession… [and exists] to uphold and protect public interest in the practice of...
估计种族主义
乔治·弗洛伊德（George Floyd）去世后，新斯科舍省大律师协会（Nova Scotia Bultisters'Society）与世界其他大部分地区一起宣布反对反黑人的种族主义。但是，该社会现在必须努力应对自己最近的历史，以及律师劳拉·麦卡锡（Laura McCarthy）所说的“歧视污垢仍在地毯下”。
On June 3, 2020, the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society released an unremarkably remarkable statement. It happened 10 days after cellphone cameras captured white police officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota gruesomely killing an unarmed Black man named George Floyd by kneeling on his neck. His death had triggered protests in cities across North America and prompted a...
Can we have a fuller conversation about racism?
Morning File, Monday, October 19, 2020
新闻1.在暴力袭击中被捕。加拿大皇家骑警在周末宣布了两次逮捕与西南新斯科舍省暴力有关的逮捕。第一次逮捕与对迈克尔·萨克（Michael Sack）酋长的袭击有关：加拿大皇家骑警（RCMP）指控男子于2020年10月17日袭击萨克（Sack），新爱丁堡，新斯科舍省……梅特汉（Meteghan RCMP）已提出指控[…]
Troubled waters
There is no excuse — period, full stop — for the violence and vandalism currently taking place in southwest Nova Scotia. That said, the crisis there — and the tangled, troubled history behind it — is far more complex, nuanced and slippery that any simple hashtag-RACISM tweet can ever capture.
There is no excuse — period, full stop — for the violence and vandalism currently taking place in southwest Nova Scotia. That said, the crisis there — and the tangled, troubled history behind it — is far more complex, nuanced and slippery than any simple hashtag-RACISM tweet can ever capture. Yes, ingrained, historic racism plays […]
Shopping while strolling
A report by Nova Scotia's Serious Incident Response Team clears Halifax police officers in the violent arrest of Santina Rao. But it doesn't even try to explain how what happened at the Walmart that day was allowed to become the confrontation that led to her arrest.
The purpose of a SiRT investigation is to determine whether the facts of a case, where the actions of police may have led to serious injury, justify the laying of criminal charges against a police officer… The totality of evidence clearly shows that the [Affected Person] was causing a disturbance in a public place by […]
Good intentions, abysmal execution, lost opportunity
Premier Stephen McNeil was right to apologize for our justice system's long history of racism, but he was wrong in his father-knows-best response to fixing it. It has been ever thus.
It was one of those moments when seemingly good intentions smacked up against abysmal execution and resulted in a lost opportunity. Last week on his way out the power door, Premier Stephen McNeil not only offered a fulsome wea culpa apology to the province’s Black and Indigenous communities for our long and ongoing history of […]
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