Racism
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From  NEW! Making it WorkFrom: On Account of Darkness |
This chapter tells the stories of various non-white Canadians dealing with racism in Southern Ontario. Joe and Bob Izumi’s careers and impacts are explored. | Ian Kennedy | 14 | 2022 | $1.40 Add |
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From  Uncle Tom and Black CapitalismFrom: Uncle |
This chapter concerns the rise of Black conservatism in the 1980s and early 90s, as exemplified by figures such as Clarence Thomas. | Cheryl Thompson | 23 | 2021 | $2.30 Add |
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From  NEW! We Are Like Waves |
In We Are Like Waves author Kikélola Roach contextualizes the challenges we face in Canada as of 2020. The chapter includes a speech Roach delivered in Toronto on July 16, 2020. | Kikélola Roach | 7 | 2022 | $0.70 Add |
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From NEW! Police Abolition / Black Revolt |
In Police Abolition / Black Revolt author Robyn Maynard reflects on the current shift towards social movements and the renewed surge of energy to defund—and abolish—the police. … | Robyn Maynard | 12 | 2022 | $1.20 Add |
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From NEW! Sticks and StonesFrom: On Account of Darkness |
The author tells the story of the Kicknosways, who faced anti-Indigenous racism as they navigated life and the world of sports in Canada. Other stories are also told and racial tensions and … | Ian Kennedy | 16 | 2022 | $1.60 Add |
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From The 1980s, Bill Cosby, and Smokescreen TomsFrom: Uncle |
This chapter examines the role of Black conservatives in the web of free-market capitalism, focusing especially on the ideology of The Cosby Show. | Cheryl Thompson | 14 | 2021 | $1.40 Add |
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From A Politically Correct Uncle Tom and an In-Your-Face TopsyFrom: Uncle |
In this chapter, Thompson explores the meanings of the made-for-TV movie version of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. | Cheryl Thompson | 12 | 2021 | $1.20 Add |
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From NEW! Back in the GameFrom: On Account of Darkness |
This chapter is about Indigenous experiences in sports, Indigenous women’s involvement in sports specifically, and gender norms. It discusses how Indigenous women have taken part in the … | Ian Kennedy | 15 | 2022 | $1.50 Add |
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From Advertising Black BuddiesFrom: Uncle |
This chapter explores the career of Michael Jordan, who Thompson suggests was used to sell white America not just consumer products, but also a squeaky-clean image of Black masculinity. | Cheryl Thompson | 9 | 2021 | $0.90 Add |
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From NEW! HomecomingsFrom: On Account of Darkness |
This chapter reiterates the depth of scars left behind by colonialism and the residential school system on Indigenous communities, scars left behind by Japanese Canadian internment and … | Ian Kennedy | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From Uncle Ben and Aunt Jemima 2.0From: Uncle |
This chapter examines the recent re-branding of commercial caricatures such as Uncle Ben and Aunt Jemima. Now silent trademark characters, they no longer speak in advertisements and are reduced … | Cheryl Thompson | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
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From O.J. Simpson, a Passing UncleFrom: Uncle |
In this chapter, Thompson explores the O.J. Simpson trial, which she calls "a symbolic clash between a ‘real’ Black man on trial for his life and an ‘Uncle Tom’ Black … | Cheryl Thompson | 15 | 2021 | $1.50 Add |
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From Barack Obama and the Paradox of Black Political PowerFrom: Uncle |
This chapter examines the career of Barack Obama, whose presidential campaign was marked by accusations of disloyalty to the Black community. | Cheryl Thompson | 16 | 2021 | $1.60 Add |
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From ConclusionThe Immortal Uncle Tom From: Uncle |
In the concluding chapter, Thompson summarizes her arguments, and suggests that Uncle Tom is quite possibly the most resilient figure in American history. | Cheryl Thompson | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
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From  CERDEarly Warning and Urgent Action |
Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel outlines two cases that the Secwepemc people and the St’at’imc people in the British Columbia Interior brought before the Committee for the … | Arthur Manuel | 5 | 2017 | $0.50 Add |
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From  Is Race Political?From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition |
2008 article by Debra Thompson arguing that race is a social and political construction, but that it is largely neglected by political science scholarship. | Debra Thompson; François Rocher; Peter Russell | 9 | 2015 | $0.90 Add |
