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Ottawa to spend $1.9 million on anti-racism projects in Alberta

The 10 projects will receive about 10% of the funding available through the federal programme this year.

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Why we must reframe how we discuss racism

It’s not race that determines how people are treated. It’s racism.

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Why does Jason Kenney refuse to say “Islamophobia”?

In a recent analysis of Jason Kenney’s tweets, I found a significant discrepancy between how he uses the words “antisemitism” and “Islamophobia”.

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Alberta appoints 9 new members to Anti-Racism Advisory Council

13 members have stepped down from the council that had been set up in 2019.

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The hypocrisy of Jason Kenney’s outrage at violence

To Kenney, when racists are the victims, it’s violence, but when racists are the perpetrators, it’s intolerance.

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The racism behind “Indigenous people just need to work harder”

Indigenous people already have to deal with the effects of generations of systemic racism. It’s cruel to make them deal with solving them, too.

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Countering the racist tweets of Lethbridge’s crisis negotiator

Mike Reeder is a sergeant with the Lethbridge Police Service. He’s been with the LPS for 32 years. In his spare time, he occasionally retweets racist stuff.

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A critical response: Cops charge 6 people in Lethbridge drug bust

Yesterday, the Lethbridge Police Service published a media release regarding 6 arrests they made last Friday related to drug trafficking. In the release, they name all 6 individuals.

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Opinion

Dehumanization is the key to colonization

The key to successfully colonizing a land is to dehumanize the people who were already inhabiting that land.

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Racism isn’t about skin colour

Racism isn’t really about the colour of our skin. It’s about power.