#LivingWhileBlack: High stakes on basketball court, school campus, or Parliament Hill

No matter how successful a Black person may be, gatekeepers are always there to remind them that race plays a role in society, whether you are on your way to earning your PhD or your place in Parliament.

The Parliamentary Protective Service apologized after a group of young people attending a Black Voices on the Hill lobby day were racially profiled in Confederation Building in February. These encounters are not minor, and they’re not isolated. Instead, they rob you of your value, write Amy Kishek and Erica Ifill.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY AMY KISHEK, ERICA IFILL

June 19, 2019

OTTAWA—There is a virulent strain of anti-Black racism spreading through the “I don’t see colour” racial Canadian landscape. Anti-Black racism is distinct and stubborn and it flares up every so often—only the Canadian response is a half-assed topical treatment, rather than a cure. On June...

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