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Three panelists joined CBC s On The Island host, Gregor Craigie, to talk about what they have experienced living and working on Vancouver Island for Black History Month. From left to right, Dionte Jelks, Pamphinette Buisa and Moussa Magassa. (Submitted by Dionte Jelks, Pamphinette Buisa and Moussa Magassa.)
Sometimes when Dionte Jelks is minding his own business at the mall, he has to remind white women that his son s hair is not there for strangers to touch.
Jelks, a school principal in Ladysmith, B.C., moved to Victoria with his family from Chicago mostly to get away from the overt racism he says was rampant in the United States.