I have been made better by the lessons they learned through staring injustice in the eye
There's an odd and ugly "forgetting" that can often happen with respect to the most hideous moments in Canada's political history — and that is always in Canada's favour. Canadians forget enslavement, segregation -– all the indignities that so many Black individuals and communities have been forced to bear.
As an activist and co-founder of Black Lives Matter Canada, I cannot forget the OGs; I cannot forget our ancestors. Every struggle I have ever engaged in, every act of advocacy, is informed by the monumental generosity and daring moral strength of the freedom fighters that came before me. I have been made better by the lessons they learned through staring injustice in the eye and demanding the impossible.
As a producer and writer, I am afforded the privilege to ensure that others don't forget either.
There's an odd and ugly "forgetting" that can often happen with respect to the most hideous moments in Canada's political history — and that is always in Canada's favour. Canadians forget enslavement, segregation -– all the indignities that so many Black individuals and communities have been forced to bear.
As an activist and co-founder of Black Lives Matter Canada, I cannot forget the OGs; I cannot forget our ancestors. Every struggle I have ever engaged in, every act of advocacy, is informed by the monumental generosity and daring moral strength of the freedom fighters that came before me. I have been made better by the lessons they learned through staring injustice in the eye and demanding the impossible.
As a producer and writer, I am afforded the privilege to ensure that others don't forget either.
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