If we’re going to dismantle white supremacy, let’s not whitewash it

Conversations about systemic racism need to move beyond diversity and inclusion, which does not solve racism, and move onto dismantling white supremacy, which does.

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, left, and MP Derek Sloan. On Jan. 18, he moved to kick Sloan out of caucus—a.k.a. The Bare Minimum—after PressProgress revealed that Sloan, at the front of the 'which Conservative Party member courts more racism' queue, had accepted a political donation from neo-Nazi Paul Fromm last year, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ERICA IFILL

January 20, 2021

CALGARY—Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole is finally being held to account for months of white supremacist dog whistles. On Jan. 18, he moved to kick Derek Sloan out of caucus—a.k.a. The Bare Minimum—after

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