Last Tuesday, there was dramatic moment in Supreme Court, worthy of its own Law & Order episode. In the course of its prosecution of Randy Riley for the 2010 murder of Chad Smith, the crown called its witness Nathan Johnson. Johnson took the stand and — bam! — said that he, and he alone, killed […]
White-washing the Boer War
In 1901, Lord Alfred Milner was "lamenting" the "fact that the death rate among young children in the [Boer War concentration] camps was still not dropping. 'The theory that, all the weakly children being dead, the rate would fall off is not so far borne out by the facts,' Milner wrote. 'The strong ones must be dying now and they will all be dead by the spring of 1903.'" On October 14, 1901 the cornerstone for the Boer War monument was laid at Province House.
Yesterday, Tim wrote an item about the monument to the Boer War on the grounds of Province House: I don’t care about the parking one way or the other, but can we discuss that damn Boer War monument? [Jean] Laroche goes on to interview Joe Ballard, president of the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia, who says […]
Reporting While White: When “objectivity” and “neutrality” are inherently biased perspectives
Reading the News While Black: Two recent news stories raise questions about Black representation in the media.
I have never claimed to write “objectively.” That doesn’t mean I write things I believe to be untrue or that are factually wrong, but I am always openly writing from the standpoint of a Black woman. White people, however, believe and are taught that their practices are in fact objective, and that they neutrally present […]
Kiss Me, I’m Rioting
Yay, it’s Saint Patrick’s Day! Where we drink green beer, wear funny hats, and historically engage in nativist and white supremacist acts of terrorism against Catholics and Africans! Let’s march on the Black area of town right now and burn down businesses and homes in support of jobs for whites only! *Record Scratch.* Let us […]
White Eye for the Black Guy
When the NFL penalizes players for “excessive” celebrating and dancing, my sister says they’re getting called for “too much Blackness on the field.” There’s that saying, “the Blacker the berry the sweeter the juice,” that comes with the caveat, “but if you get too Black, then it ain’t no use.” Managing how our Blackness is […]
The convention centre is costing us at least $294 million; what else could that have bought? Morning File, Wednesday, March 7, 2018
News 1. South Park Street bike lane “Halifax is going to build its longest protected bike lane sometime in the next year on South Park Street,” reports Erica Butler: The 1.2 kilometre lane will run from Sackville Street all the way to Inglis Street in the south end, near Saint Mary’s University. With council’s approval […]
Truth and Reconciliation: From South Africa to Halifax
El Jones interviews Ntombifikile Nkiwane.
Ntombifikile Nkiwane graduated from Dalhousie University in 2017 with a degree in Business. In her first year at Dalhousie, Ntombi organized the “How Would You React” campaign addressing racism on campus. Ntombi was active in the social justice community, and organized the solidarity march for Ferguson in August, 2014. Ntombi was active in the “Rhodes […]
Cameron Diaz will have to wait until September to get legally stoned: Morning File, Friday, February 16, 2018
News 1. Abdoul Abdi hearing Yesterday, El Jones attended the emergency hearing held to determine whether the court should intervene and put a temporary stop to the government’s efforts to deport Abdoul Abdi. Jones gives an overview of the proceedings, and then notes: I was invited to go to the Black History Month celebration last […]
“No Reason to Treat Us Like Garbage”: Life and Death in Canadian prisons
1. The Weekenders Recently, news stories circulated about incarcerated women in Arizona being denied access to menstrual products. When we hear stories about prison conditions in the United States, people in Canada often believe that these injustices do not happen in our prisons and jails. This is a mistake. I have been hearing for a […]
The Cornwallis statue and our missing history museum: Morning File, Tuesday, January 30, 2018
News 1. Weather There’s weather today, with associated closures and delays. 2. The Cornwallis statue and our missing history museum “Halifax regional council will debate taking down the Cornwallis statue and putting it in storage after a last-minute addition to Tuesday’s agenda,” reports Zane Woodford for Metro: HRM staff is recommending the statue be taken […]
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