EVERY YEAR
- more than half a million college students are targets of bias-driven slurs or physical assaults.
EVERY DAY
- at least one hate crime occurs on a college campus.
- a college student somewhere sees or hears racist, sexist, homophobic or otherwise biased words or images.
Have you ever heard of the
"brown paper bag test”?
This test was once used to determine
whether you were allowed to attend a specific event
or whether or not you were allowed to be in a sorority/fraternity.
If your skin color was darker than the paper bag, you would be refused admittance.
Did you know that in the 19th century, there were thousands of KKK members in Canada?
At the same time, did you know that it was a crime for Chinese restaurant owners to hire white women?
Think racism is not an issue?
Think again.
Aboriginal Day in Canada June 21st…
and Black History Month is in February…
what are you doing for it??
"If you want to know what the barrier to education is here,”
Although Canada still has a racism barrier, the country has come a long way, and hopefully it keeps improving. There are many Canadians of many races who are famous whether they are musicians and actors to politicians and athletes.
Below are some of the many people of different races who have in their own way positively affected Canada and the USA.
- Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play Major League Baseball at UCLA!
- Barrack Obama- the first African American president in the United States
polls show that if he was running in Canada, he would have won!
- "Jim" Carrey… also Canadian!
- Mike Myers is a Canadian actor, comedian, screenwriter and film producer.
- Ward Churchill- Political Activist and University Professor, American Indian Movement
- Eden Robinson - famous native author of Monkey Beach and more!
- Michael J. Fox is a Canadian film and television actor
- Jackie Richardson - A veteran of the stage and the small and large screens
- Ray Lewis, first Canadian born Black to win a medal in the Olympics
- Jim Thorpe is considered one of the most versatile athletes in modern sports
- 2002 Jean Augustine was sworn in as Canada's first black female Member of Parliament.
- Keanu Charles Reeves - a Lebanese born Canadian-British-American actor
- Russell Simmons is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist.
- Charles became the first black provincial judge of Ontario
- Fefe Dobson, rock singer…Canadian!
- Telephone … Invented by : Alexander Graham Bell
- Mary Ann Shadd was one of the first people to push for complete integration and
- Canada receives more immigrants per capita than any other country.
- Harriet Tubman helped hundreds of Southern slaves escape to the northern U.S. and Canada through the Underground Railroad
5 Ways To End Racism On Campus
Understand What A Hate Crime Is
WHAT IS A HATE CRIME?
A general description of this is “An offense committed against another person, with the specific intent to cause harm to that person due to their race, gender, sexual orientation”
A hate crime must be motivated by bias and/ or a crime must happen whether it be a physical assault, arson, vandalism, terrorism, or a threat.
Most hate crimes include race and ethnicity, but there is also religion, sexual orientation, gender, and disability.
Stand Up/Work Together
When a hate crime happens on your campus, will you stand up against it? Will you take action even if it is a group you’re not a part of? Will you do something about it or leave it to someone else?
Hate Remains….unless you stand up against it!
Working together isn't always easy. Formed alliances grow, change and weaken. To be a successful alliance, set goals and share thoughts and suggestions. Keep in mind that you are there to share your idea and that doesn’t mean everyone has the same views. Be open and accepting!
Alliances often unite in response to a bias crisis. Seek support from other groups that share your concerns. Many people have been through similar situations as you and may have good advice. Contact alumni and find out about past incidents and how they dealt with them. Faculty and administrators may offer support as they have seen other campaigns during their college days or days during their employment at your campus. If you feel like getting into a bigger alliance, keep in mind the national organizations such as NAACP, the Human Rights Campaign, and the National Conference for Community and Justice.
Help Support The Victims
Primary victims of hate crimes are those who have been directly affect by the incident. Also affected are secondary victims who are a part of the group who has been targeted by the incident. Both of these groups of people need your support to build up the strength and confidence to be proud of who they are and stand up to people putting them down.
Whether you join a club, express your opinions/views, personally help victims, or just stand up for your race, you are helping victims in one way or another. Making a public speech or rally is another great way to show your pride.
Certain victims choose to remain anonymous and are never known. Many remove themselves from the campus or environment completely.
Other victims become vocal and visible with the problem, and use their experience as a building block in stopping these crimes.
There is no "right" way to be a supporter, but there are many effective ways to show your support.
Expand on sources already available on campus:
As seen earlier this month, the international awareness created a foundation for the value of equality. Also, many campuses hold seminars and/or lectures to make the students aware that change needs to occur. Look into different groups at school and look for students/instructors who may be willing to help you get your word across about tolerance, racism, and diversity.
Do as we are doing. Take surveys, ask for anonymous feedback. These are great ways for people to express their opinions without being public about it. This makes many students feel more comfortable about speaking up!
Recommend that your students and faculty address similar issues in their research/courses as well.
Keep The Tolerance Going!
If you have started to educate others on tolerance and awareness, don’t stop! In a few years, there is going to be a completely new crowd of students, and they all need this same awareness.
Start a group or event that will keep going. Find future students to help you keep this in your school.
After you graduate, make sure the students and faculty are empowered to continue your advocacy work!!
*******Entrepreneur 2201 is presenting this value of equality as we are creating value to a brown paper bag like the ones used in the brown paper bag test. This week we are taking suggestions, comments, views and experiences with racism, and what you have done or would do in a situation of a hate crime. Putting all of these comments together, we plan to motivate everyone to take pride in their race and stop the racist hate crimes from happening. As a result, we are creating social value using these simple brown paper bags. Unless otherwise specified by you, your comments will be anonymous.
We are asking you to please take a few minutes and provide your comments to us. We will add them to our paper bag. The bag represents the whole world and everything inside represents the views of people in the world.
If you would like to express your views on our video, please contact me by email at bradley_lisa06@yahoo.com or lbrad872@mtroyal.ca and we can set that up!
Thank you for your time and your interest in the Value of Equality!
A few questions to answer for feedback if you don't have an ideas...
-How do you think our country is with racism?
-Do you have any ideas of more that could be done?
-Do you know someone who is racist whether it has affected you or not?
-Did you learn anything new/surprising from our site?
-What would you do/what have you done in a situation of a hate crime?
-Do you think racism will ever come to an end? If not, how do you think we can help it???