No more Black suffering on display: expose racist banking to public scrutiny and bring in home-grown ROSCAs

What we need now is a national bureau; an independent body to track and document racism and discrimination in our financial institutions.

Ottawa resident Kensha Spaulding told CBC’s The National that he’s lost sleep over his treatment at a local bank branch, where he was subjected to intense scrutiny when attempting to deposit a paycheque. It is infuriating that we keep hearing these stories at a time when we are supposed to being conscious of systemic racism against Indigenous and Black people, writes Caroline Shenaz Hossein. Screenshot courtesy of CBC

Opinion

BY CAROLINE SHENAZ HOSSEIN

May 31, 2021

A story that aired in late April on The National outlined how Ottawa painter and construction worker Kensha Spaulding was told by his TD Bank for many years that his money would be subject to a hold. But the Black ...

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