On the eve of African Heritage Month, Alexandre Bissonnette shot six people in a mosque. Two of the victims were Black, from Guinea, and all the men originated from Africa. Yet in the public discourse around the shootings, Blackness and anti-Black histories in Quebec were erased from the narrative. Public vigils invoked rhetoric of a […]
You Have To Fight for Your Right to Party
Every decade or so there are renewed fears about the "problem" of Black violence in Halifax and the state of crisis in the city. After the recent shootings and the cancelling of a party, El Jones looks back.
— A Brief History of Halifax Bars & Racism — (With thanks to Michael McGuire aka Hermit of the Woods, for links.) In Friday’s Morning File, Tim wrote about the Argyle’s cancelling of Trevor Silver’s party due to “safety concerns.” (Disclosure: I taught Trevor last year.) Tim wrote: Go to the link for Chiu’s full reporting on […]