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Proud Boys – when private views make it into the public domain

July 5, 2017 by Annemarie Shrouder Leave a Comment

I'm watching an interview with a leader from the Maritime Forces Atlantic (the Navy) about the Proud Boys "interruption" of an Indigenous ceremony in Nova Scotia on Canada Day. You can google the footage of the disturbance and the troubling comments made by the Proud Boys. I'm not going to link … 

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Filed Under: Diversity & Inclusion, Human Rights, Leadership, prejudice Tagged With: Armed Forces, disrespect, From the inside out, Indigenous peoples, Navy, Proud Boys, service

What’s in an Accent?

April 2, 2017 by Annemarie Shrouder Leave a Comment

Yesterday I watched Trevor Noah’s Afraid of the Dark (available on Netflix - here's a clip). It was amazing from start to finish. What I love about Trevor Noah is that while he is making us laugh, he is educating us as well. Afraid of the Dark is no exception. He covered colonization, being Black in … 

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Filed Under: assumptions, bias, prejudice, stereotypes Tagged With: accents, assumptions, Trevor Noah

Islamophobia at a School Board meeting

March 30, 2017 by Annemarie Shrouder Leave a Comment

This is what Islamophobia looks like This is what Islamophobia looks like: A policy that has been in place for 20 years, allowing Muslim students the opportunity to pray at schools on Fridays, being violently opposed. This is what Islamophobia looks like: Tearing pages out of the Qu’ran. This … 

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Filed Under: Allyship, Discrimination, Diversity & Inclusion, Islamophobia, prejudice Tagged With: Christina Dixon, islamophobia, Peel District School Board

The Law and Differential Impact

February 13, 2017 by Annemarie Shrouder Leave a Comment

Let’s talk about Bill C-23, and what it could mean for some Canadians. Bill C-23 is called the pre-clearance Bill because it’s about the powers that US customs officials have when Canadians pre-clear US customs on Canadian soil. You can read more about it here.  Currently, if you are pulled … 

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Filed Under: Discrimination, Marginalization, prejudice Tagged With: Bill C-23, US Customs

Some thoughts on the US Election

November 13, 2016 by Annemarie Shrouder 1 Comment

The US election is devastating for so many reasons – not just the results, but the whole campaign. Beyond the US president elect, it has shown us the underbelly of what seems like half of American voters: Racism, xenophobia, sexism, homophobia, Islamophobia, white supremacy... But Trump didn’t … 

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Filed Under: Discrimination, homophobia, prejudice, Racism, Uncategorized, violence Tagged With: Donald Trump, US election

Prejudice is Taught Early

January 14, 2016 by Annemarie Shrouder 1 Comment

It's not new concepts that prejudice (pre-judging) is learned (sometimes taught) and that unconscious bias is insidious. Here is a stellar example of both (and the impact on my 3 year old) that made me particularly furious. Recently I was watching an episode of My Little Pony with my daughter. It's … 

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Filed Under: bias, Discrimination, Human Rights, judgment, prejudice, stereotypes, Uncategorized Tagged With: cartoons, islamophobia, kids, My Little Pony, orientatlism, unconscious bias

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