Children in front of the Marble Village Coloured School, [ca. 1900], Alvin D. McCurdy fonds, F 2076-16-5-2, Archives of Ontario, I0024783 The idea that racism doesn’t happen in Canada has been believed for many years and it’s not true. Black people faced racism when they first came to Canada. And unfortunately, Black Canadians are still victims of anti-Black racism today. Let s talk about segregation
Segregation means someone with power (like governments, for example) forces the separation of different racial groups (which is based on something like skin colour). This could happen in a country, community or shared space like schools, offices, movie theatres and so on.