CBC News: Being Black in Canada (2015)
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- To mark Black History month Asha Tomlinson hosts Being Black in Canada. The program highlights the work of two Windsor teachers who show their students what's missing in many of their history books. Asha speaks with Book of Negroes author Lawrence Hill about how the TV mini series is bringing Canadian Black history to a wider audience and we hear the story of Western Canada's Black Pioneers and how they're preserving their ancestors' history.
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As an African-American I totally enjoyed this story. So much of our experiences are shared experiences.
You are not African. You are from the Tribe of Israel
Education makes one think far more about thinking more. Never stop learning.
well put
Education is brainwashing people in the belief they live on a spinning ball
Yes
didn't know there was this much hate towards black people in canada
***** i'm assuming you're not black, and most likely white and therefore i do not expect you to know what racism is. how could you, unless you are a self-admitted racist. when have you experienced racism for you to know what racism is?
Oh, it's nothing at all like in the USA. In Canada, First Nations Peoples have it the worse, I would compare their situation to that of black in the US. I'm Canadian, and have never met a single Canadian with any opinion about blacks, whereas just about every American I know has a very strong and usually negative one.
+Cory A. Good He is white
with that confederate flag smh
+Monochromatic They have the higher percentage of everything because they are the higher percentage of the population... Use your brain kid.
+m michels why are you collectivizing people based on race? I am not responsible for the actions if others because we have a similar ancestry, nor am I responsible for my own ancestors. Should I blame all black Americans for the fact that Africa still has and has always had a massive slave trade, most if the time with the Middle East and for a very short period of time, with the United States? I don't think so. And Canada had ended slavery more than 50 years before the United States did, long before we even became a country. Technically, Canada has no history of slavery, because our country was founded after we ended it.
Thank you for doing this. Black history is so important to all people. It's a rich vibrant, colourful, enriching history that everyone should be informed about.
mrscpjones16 _The establishment distorts history in order to create racial tension. The real purpose of black history month is to create racial tension and division so that people remain or become divided and cannot unite in order to fight government corruption and wrongdoings. It is the ancient strategy of "divide and conquer." If you want to control a society, keep everyone fighting with each other so that they become weak and easy to control. This is currently happening in a BIG way in the USA. There is no "white history month" and I never want there to be one.
😂😂🤣 irrelevant
Yes
@@RonPaul2008dotcomluv
It's 2024 I don't know if you're still alive, but the divisiveness comes from white supremacists and their allies. You sound like one
I didnt know there was that mich hate towards black people in canada
Rogelio Guardado "I didnt know there was that much hate towards black people in canada"-------------------There is not. The establishment media is trying to create racial tension under the deception of helping black people.
+Maurice Harting What makes you an expert on issues in the black community? Just curious.
Rogelio Guardado there isn’t
Rogelio Guardado me either
There is NOT
I love hearing the truth in history classes that goes beyond slavery. Yes, that happened and it was terrible - although Black people are so much more than their worst experiences. So much more wonderful, intelligent, and powerful. I want my children to know that their history involved their ancestors being victims, scientists, and heroes - just like everyone else. Although they are currently in a time that is not one of the easiest. I love this teacher and her courageousness. Please never stop. You are amazing.
Thank you !!
I guess I'm lucky to be raised in a small Eastern Ontario town in my family because I asked myself the question that launched the class and I couldn't define it quite honestly. I see them no different than anyone else. Some good. Some bad. It's heart wrenching to think anyone would think less of themselves.
I'm glad to hear that Canadians are learning more about the history of Africans in this country. I never learned about their history in Canada when in school. We were taught about the Underground Railway and the Black Loyalists; however, I'd never heard anything about their experience in Nova Scotia or Black settlers in Western Canada.
Growing up in Western Canada, jokes about the stupidity and inferiority of Ukrainians and Poles were common, but I don't recall hearing any about Blacks. My mother's family was from the Ukraine, and being Caucasian didn't protect me from harsh jokes; however, at least their role in the settling of the West was acknowledged. It's as though the role of Africans in settling the West was forgotten or had never happened.
garret jacobs, it most definitely is a good read. It follows a woman from Africa who is kidnapped and sold into slavery in the US. Later, it describes her experience among the Black Loyalists (blacks who fought for the British) in Nova Scotia and beyond.
+con chuk
Wow I didn't know Canadians had black people too, they really like copying America I guess. You learn something everyday.
Yep. We actually stole most of them from the States via the Underground Railway.
***** , I shouldn't say "stole," because Blacks were not property in Canada. As for African countries having education about Caucasians, I would imagine that places in which there are Caucasians learn about them. For example, I can't imagine Africans in South Africa or other "colonised" African countries not learning the history of their own country and the role Caucasians played in it.
Being part Irish, I'm aware of so-called "white slaves." They were, in fact, indentured servants. I'm not saying they weren't mistreated, but at least they were considered humans rather than livestock.
*WOW the darkest secrets of Canada that we don't learn about*
Yes, especially considering virtuoso OSCAR PETERSON!
Love black people. We should love every human being because all humans are equal 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦😍😍😍😍
Shahzeen Saleem No body understand you man
Ive never thought of Canada as being 'neutral', I've always thought of Canada as being in denial.
+thehoneyeffect Not denial, the problem is that a lot of schools don't teach the history in the depth it should be. Hell one of my teachers was bitched out for suggesting Obasan and teaching about the segregation and "camps" where the japanese stayed for a while. In the case of the baby boomers its denial. In the case of millennials and the 30-40 somethings, its mostly because of the lack or watered down education. Were we taught about the underground railway? Oh hells yea! But as soon as you asked about slavery in Canada, or about the racism that was prevalent in the 30-80's everyone clams up.
Its not just a lack of education, the powers that be know the history and have withdrawn it and do not promote it for a reason.
There is a denial that white privilege and systemic racism white supremacy and all of the issues is causes is in Canada even though that is one of the things that Canada was built on. There is a fear of the truth in Canada, a kind of stockholm syndrome, blissful ignorance...its as if most Canadians are ostriches with their heads permanently in the sand.
^case in point.
This thread thus far is a classic example of white people in denial. They'll try #whitesplaining , #victimblaming , scapegoating, patronisation, condescension, #misogynoir , fau concern, #whitetears , false equivalency, talking nonsense ...any derailing tactic just to remain blissfully ignorant, to protect their precious lily white privilege and remain in *denial*.
The more interesting question is why? (rhetorical question)
Ive no idea what you said but for 2016 Im not talking to white people about racism anymore. If you dont get it, you just dont get it.
why dont ppl want us to learn our history? afraid of what we'll find huh🤔
@@andrewjohn2124 u know your history, do u not want us to know our history.
Or is it hard to learn how evil your ancestors were.
@@latonyaholder156 We know ours were evil in your eyes. However, were yours evil to any degree, or were they benevolent Samaritans?
@@latonyaholder156 My real question is, are you at all glad that we do not follow in their exact footprints?
What are you even doing in Canada of all places
did you want to learn the history?
why did you people destroy statues of Sir John A. Macdonald?
why do you all want to erase the history. for what?????
Oh do you know what you want?
Thank you for sharing this!
Thank you for this!
This is something I have never heard mentioned outside my family. My Grandmother was Louise Runham of Toronto. Born about 1890. Her parents were immigrants from Portsmouth, England. Very white & very British. She was sold into a 10 year indenturement contract at the age of 8. She worked in a large home doing household tasks. Never got a day off. Never had the chance to attend school during her period of indenturement. She learned how to read by placing a Bible on the other side of the dishwashing tub in the evenings. Never learned even simple math skills. When she turned 18 she went across town to visit her family. She did not feel welcome or in touch with them. Somehow she learned of a Surgeon in South Dakota who wanted to train a nurse to work for him. She took the job and left Canada. It turned out to be my Uncle Roy. She spent time learning from him. At some point later she met my Grandfather & they married. Children were born. She took them to meet her original family in the early 1920's. It did not go well & she left in a huff. Promised never to return to Canada because she did not have a good life when she lived there. This was just her story & not an indictment of all of Canada. It is real. There was slavery in Canada in the not too distant past. __ David Nelson
I love that I'm Canadian I'm frustrated with Canadian black. I'm a black Toronto man living in Washington d.c proud black Canadian
go back to Canada you Canadian
@@IlokanoWarrior does america belong to your father?
America can learn from this gentleman. Pull away that carpet and face what lies beneath.
well the fact that black issues are discussed on Canadian national broadcaster makes Canada very different from US
lol wat? In schools we were drilled about slavery, civil rights, and Jim Crow every single year
@brandon michaels and they talk about us when they have done no better!
Are you kidding? Such issues are ALL over the news in America. President Obama addressed the entire nation about it. I thought you guys loved to say how uninformed Americans are about what's going on. You and your 12 co-signers are totally ignorant about this fact. Keep patting yourself on the back.
Thank you so much.
Glad some of this is coming to light and wishing it was looked at in social studies back in the 80s and early when I was in school. I remember in gr. 10 S.S., we learned a bit of American history and a bit about the Underground Railroad came up in that, but we didn't learn about black people in Canada's general history.
I can totally hear the accent drake gives off when he raps!
Anyway lol.. .Good video!
thank god my teacher sent me this this is amazing
Knowledge is Power!
It's a shame that black students has to learn this at school as opposed to at home. That is where the true problem lies.
+Saunya Harris What if the parents were also unaware of their history? How can they teach what they never learned? There is no shame in people finally learning their history.
Saunya Harris I understand this is an old comment, however, how can the children learn from home if the parents of said children was stripped from their history?
We learnt a little about the freeing of slaves in Canada (underground railroad) and that's about it. It's nice to see some schools having classes like this. I would love to see Native classes like this, too. We learnt a little about them, but not much about the culture before white people came over and it's a huge part of Canadian history, too. I would have liked to have learned more about black and Native heritage in school.
wait. Herman??? omg, I've heard of that school!!!! this video must be - huh? is this episode in Windsor? cuz I live there!
excellent.
Being Black in Canada.. as they talk in front of a wall full of American Americans. Lord..
CapAnson12345 is krumah american to you? is mandela american to you?
They ain't Canadian either...
I always thought Canada was a place of tolerance.
That's what they want you to think.
I teach my child about black people and how they are just like us with a different skin colour. When my kids grow up I will teach them about world history including black history. We are all the same flesh and bone.
Its the same here in UK. In England and Wales has a long black history dating from the 1700's. But most white British historians sweep it under the carpet.
RonPaul2008dotcomluv Yeah that;s white on white slavery. That had nothing to do with racism and supremacy!
Yeah I know. I'm not white I'm black my parents are Jamaican
Yeah you're right.
+RonPaul2008dotcomluv Natives should get reparations the most, but I guess the descendants of any that sufferd the tyranny of England's rich.
+Kay-Marie have you never heard of the Barbary slave trade? African pirates that would sail up to Europe and steal entire villages of people? Just google "Barbary slave trade" an you'll learn how Africans were the biggest slavers, of every race. Not just other Africans. But white people in Europe refused to by the slaves from the Barbary pirates, because Britain had mostly forced every European country to end slavery. At least in their home countries. The Middle East, however, had no problem buying these slaves from the Africans, as they had been doing so for thousands of years. The Middle East and Africa still have a massive slave trade.
Knowledge is power.
Amazing
I love this..
Growing up as a Guyanese (Black) Canadian, in Montreal, I find all of this... disturbing. Not in that it was some lost something that needed to be taught but that people didn't already know. Perhaps it was the environment and my teachers, or my own curiosity, in Quebec but all of this was taught to me early on. In my opinion it had been the one, definitive, thing that separated out being Black from what we thought were "African American" fist waving. We knew where we came from, we were proud, and we were part of the Montreal community. Perhaps things have changed since then; perhaps the parents who knew thought it was obvious enough to not make it part of discussion leaving children who didn't bother to delve thinking that we had to fight like our kin south of the border. This, though, was never my experience and I'm proud to have been taught BOTH Canadian history and the history of the Black People of Canada... no matter where we originated.
I’m white and I’d like to learn more about African history
ttt ttt clam down 😒
nothing to see
I love it, we're such warriors!! Thanks for the info
I learned all this in grade school in Canada. also Canada is made up of all different cultures so when you say someone is racist that's them not all Canadian's. My grand dad fought in ww2 but came here from Switzerland, so saying he was racist would be stating that Swiss people are racist.
Maczust63 you know these people use skin colour when talking about Racism since culture wise they offer nothing to Canada since Canada was and still being shape by Cultures of. Natives,Inuits and Metis.......I bet if we didn't had Laws and Treaty rights these people would be saying they're part Native too like most do in America.... In fact these people are insulting Natives and Inuits who survive residential schools..... Pretty sure, if they had bother to read and learn about residential schools they would think twice about bringing up slavery in Canada....since all slaves died out very long time ago...but there are still survivors of residential schools alive today....
Thank God u have a class like this America will never teach such class unless u pay for college history
The fact that Canada teaches specific empires like Egypt, Malia, and Ghana proves to me that it is a better system than America...
My gf live in that particular area most and often she complain about the discrimination of white with black .
I love Canada. I'd really love to visit that beautiful country. I had a canadian neighbor here in Kenya, she was very polite and awesome. Spoke greatly of Canada though she said there's no racism there :(
there is next to none, this video just highlights it.
There's racism everywhere, but I think the difference with Canada is that racism isn't acted upon. There are people in Canada that don't like blacks or other minorities but those Canadians won't try to influence government to not let them have housing, jobs, etc. In the US, the problem here is that you have a White population that wants to be able to legally and actively discriminate and deny populations that are "undesirable" to them, including committing acts of violence.
Am Kenyan and moved to Canada but am living in Whitehorse .far up here with lots of stuff i never had , i chose Whitehorse because of the notorious cold climate plus the space .Canadians are far more than kind and hospitable wow could never have wished more coming to a foreign land. But where i live is far from many people because i loved owning enough land to build my own small landing strip. I have not witnessed any racism all we do is talk more of our differences the essence of African life and their best experiences living in the edge .
There is racism in Canada . Canadians are just more polite and sneaky about it !
Love it, black cowboy, enslaved songs... my goodness.. Thanks for this knowledge!!!!!
Why tell us things that will just make us argue even more?
Interesting. The black people I know in Canada are doing quite well for themselves and I didn't meet them at college or anything I met one at a club when I was 19 and ended up meeting her family and her friends. She had a diverse friend circle and I felt more at home than I do where I live. Then again I live in Detroit so I don't even live in a good part of America lol
When are we going to teach them about the Chinese Canadian history??
Darla Cruickshank they do teach us that
True that unlike africains the Chinese actually had a role in create the country and were forced to build the railroad and other cheap labour
The stupidest thing Canada did to the Chinese, not worst but stupidest, was charge them the Head tax. A tax Chinese people had to pay to enter the country. I mean, if you didn't want the Chinese to be there, just don't let them in. Don't charge them a massive tax, forcing them into poverty.
When Chinese bring it up
Dion St. Michael the thing is, no one is stopping you from making classes, making your voices heard etc. To me it just seems like Asians would rather cower and stay out of the spotlight than fight for the attention you guys deserve.
I thought being black in Canada is WAY better than being Black in America...
+Kyle Smith Nope its so bad in canada . they just try to make it look like canada is different
+Kyle Smith depends on where in Canada you're from...it varies
+Kyle Smith it is NOW. Our history isn't pristine, pick up the book Obasan to have an idea of how the Japanese were treated. Canadian history isn't perfect. However, we have learned over the years. Police aren't shooting black people for no reason here. And they are able to get jobs just like any white person. There is very little racism here if you compare it to the USA. It's not completely nonexistent, we do have racism, but its nowhere near what its like in the US.
Sure Canada history wasn't always clean however i do like it that most people out there don't make being black a thing like here in the states
+Kyle Smith tbh its not at all. i live in canada and its really hard
The education continues.... Thank you.
Wait, did Lawrence Hill say Washington D.C. was in the south? I'm hoping he meant south of Canada, and not the U.S.. Any eastern states below Kentucky and Virginia are considered southern currently, with more tense race relations in the deep south (i.e. Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia). Aspiring historian from Louisiana here :-)
Artemis Jackson Have you heard about the violent knockout game violence?
Actually, Washington DC technically is in the south. Or at least its sandwiched between Maryland and Virginia - both southern states. Additionally, it's definitely south of the Mason/Dixon line that defines the south.
Struggle is universal but given an opportunity we thrive . M
Being black in Canad! Well, it may not be as comfortable as someone like me may think, but I'm sure it's more comfortable than being a practicing Muslim in Tunisia.
"But this is a New Era of time now"
My father is black
Mother white so I came so nice
Ramiro from Brazil say black is
His family
I would love to become black
the mixed guy looks like Joseph Jenkins roberts
Windex His father actually went to Howard University, if I'm not mistaken.
24 Savage yeah he kinda does
I want to go to Canada
hi my name is alison mclean i was learn about my history was nova scotia that we read are brook with my childern like to learn about the historty when we came from it help me and my family came of the boat and rise from canada and learn about my history is nova scotia as help me a lot about my history when i came from is nova scotia is my county help me a lot
I have always wondered about this topic. I have had a few black friends (some pretty close) and actually worked with Donovan Bailey (huge dickhead) at an Oakville day camp back in the 80s. I'm white but I moved here from Jamaica and have seen a few black people struggle with an immense amount of racism despite the fact that Canadians have a self perception of being tolerant. They are, but only to a very limited degree and I think It must be a really strange place to be black. I had ZERO education on the black experience growing up in Canada. That needs to change, especially in Toronto where there are 600,000 black people.
Great, there goes my planned trip to Canada. ]:(
This shouldn't even be a question. There's been black people in the east coast for 400 years. The underground railroad.
I'm a Kenyan born Canadian I thought Somalis refugees in Kenya were different from the one's in Calgary but was wrong this guys don't understand anything in class
Try being native in KKKanada.
the First48, is "BLACK HISTORY MONTH"
I'm not dealing with hate brother
Hindsight is 20/20. The history of any country has horrific events. How long until people can move forward without the need to hold on to racial issues? Canada is continuously changing in order to protect the feelings of anyone who may be offended. Black Canadians should tell the natives how terrible it has been for them.
Its easy to say that when nothing horrible happened to your race isnt it?
@@CrushPartyIce, you do realize the same war lords whom enslaved the already enslaved black people also enslaved millions of white people, right?
I used to wonder why people can't practice something that should be very easy and practical to follow - to treat fellow humas equally.
But over time i learnt racism and separatism are the easier follow as, we humans, tend to label everything we encounter. That helps us in understanding things better.
It becomes too much when we create hierarchies. That's when we get into troubles.
Racism isn't natural. It's a bad habit passed on to our generations. Just like bad table manners. It's about tine we stop this.
Guess I ain't moving to Canada no more
I feel terrible sorry for black Canadians and black Americans now. I come from Cameroon, an African country where black achievement is not remarkable. I remember feeling so sorry for the boy who thought the only thing he could become being black was a drop out and felt empowered by his teacher’s class.
2020 i just learned about this..and I read the entire encyclopedia on Canadian History! there is a bit about the displacement and destruction of Blackville but that is it. No slavery information....even the documentaries
im ashamed that we were never taught or told anything about black history in Canada. I was raised that race is irrelevant. So perhaps i am a little blind to what racism is in Canada.
But on be things for sure, I came here after hearing about Emmett Till and im probably going to be going further.
I got off the boat in 1542
Why is EthosLab not on this list
+xClordon_ LOL
+xClordon_ LOL
xD
IT'S THAT BLACK CONNECTION
I truly don't judge anybody by the color of their skin but what he or she perceives .whether you black,white,Indian,Asian, i don't care what drives you is what matters.
Blacks came the Americans before Columbus so all blacks didn't come here as slaves The Mayans were black as well as other still to this day black tribes in South America
How do Canadian blacks see American ones?
I love it.. Teach our children the truth..
The stereotypes they listed are AA stereotypes what are some Black Canadian stereotypes?
The best things you can do in your life is to better the world
Y white peoples don't wants black peoples to knows about there history love u guys so much
anarchore whatever you say, Klansman
What do they do about hate crimes in Canada? Is there more justice for black people than in America?
They need to have a class like that in ALL schools in the US too.And real teachers to teach the real Black history, not just from slavery up until now.Then maybe people will get amuch deeper understanding of black people in general.Keep teaching that class.
It is NO LONGER POSSIBLE TO GET NEWS OF CANADIAN COMMUNITIES ACROSS CANADA????????
Wow y'all got white supremacists in Kanada to. As a Amerikkkan, I thought that was only in Amerikkka. Hey y'all keep y'all heads up.
I know where am moving #Betterlife
I love education
i am a Chinese international student in Canada , and I feel the school only leave scholarship to local students, we don’t stand a chance, which is so unfair.
Washington dc is not in the south. that information is wrong.
U r wrong. The mason/dixon line splits at d.c. and washington d.c. was/is still considered "technically" southern. I know im 2 years late but u needed education
I have one better let's talk about Franklin county chambersburg PA where Matt fogal is the district attorney and has taken the right of a black man with the help of the mayor Darren brown they made or forced a convicted felon to move out his home he bought for a crime he did time for and said well who said you could move this far from the tracks how come no one has yet to challenge them with this in a town where blacks played a major role in the civil war they don't even legally accept us young man's name is Michael Douglas .
they didn't know but they gonna learn we are just as equal as them
Look , history is very good in class room, but what about reality?
What about eastern Canada A.K.A BRITAIN 2.
Canadians are not being provided with news events pertinent to canada, our provinces, our cities, and communities?? WHY IS THAT, start a protest, to bring canada's news back into canadian community news, All News that Concerns Canadians, about canadians!, we are being "DUPED" this is something valuable, and serious to all canadians to protest!!!
Tbh in my opinion black Canadians and black Americans are the same because of what they have in common especially with the history.
Nobody that I know that is black that I know is not discriminated against 😔 most of the white kids I know, including myself, are actually more discriminated BECAUSE of something our ancestors did!
Edit: this school is in my city
people need to pay attention. Canada, a country portrayed as nice in white media, has a teacher getting harrased for simply teaching black history..........Either parents arent raising their kids right or ppl need to realize don't believe everything you hear on t.v. Racism isn't dead it just evolved, and canada aint safe from the disease......still in 2019. We may be on the path to getting to a better place, but we aint there yet, don't act like we are.
Your heart is in the right place and so let me help you with your mind. You guys need to redo this video and change the title to "Being genetically discriminated against in Canada". "Being bullied in Canada" would also work.
What's wrong with the title? Elaborate on your issue with the tittle please.
az0963818 If you cant figure out what's wrong with the title by what I said you must not be very smart.
Xena
Wow! You're unbelievable.
Is denying that people quite literally discriminate across color lines going to help the problem? Skin color discrimination must be called out and dealt with for precisely what it is in order to properly address the issue.
Why all the deceitful disguises? How is that going to uproot the true source of the disease?
hey all do the police there in canada randomly stop pedestrians and harrass them?
Yup. I'm white and I've experienced police brutality and unlawful traffic stops and searches.
The casual racism towards blacks in the workplace especially if it’s a high paying wage is deplorable & down right backwards
most Canadian blacks dream is to move to the states
No not really
I agree and that dream will become stronger for many black people as the black population declines relative to the asian population here which is by and large quite anti black. Black Americans for all their difficulties have it better than most other black people living in countries in the diaspora or even black people living in Africa.
😂😂😂 this comment is laughable
They don't teach you about Native history.
i love african american
african canadian anyway