Author of the article: Hannan Mohamud, Sarah Mushtaq
Publishing date: Mar 02, 2021 • March 2, 2021 • 3 minute read • The Century Park Transit Station is seen in Edmonton, on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. The station was the location of the sixth recent attack on a Muslim woman in the city. According to police and the victim, a man threatened a woman in a hijab on Feb. 17 in the station. Photo by Ian Kucerak /Postmedia
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“In that moment, I felt helpless and afraid for my life.”
These are the words of a Black Muslim woman attacked in February at the Century Park transit station in Edmonton. This incident would have been bad enough on its own. Yet since December, there have been at least six such incidents against Black Muslim women, all of which have occurred in broad daylight and in public spaces surrounded by traffic.
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“Show me your budget and I can tell you your priorities.”
For all the talk about this pandemic exacerbating inequities in the community, reading Windsor’s municipal budget would not give this away. It seems we keep investing in status quo, scratching our heads and wondering why things do not change on a greater scale.
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Take the need to address poverty, addictions and homelessness, for example. It took deliberation in council to agree on the need for a single additional outreach worker. The community could arguably benefit from many more.