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Originally Posted by dreambrother808
A Grade 3 student teacher. I think he was the first black person I had ever met. He would pinch us as a form of punishment. It was the early 80s. We were scared of him because of that behaviour so not the best experience. Most of my views of black people were shaped by television though, generally positive things like the Cosby Show. Hearing anti-black bias over and over again presented as “common sense” still seeps into your brain, hence why we all need to investigate ourselves through an anti-racist lens. In Thunder Bay, however, being racist towards indigenous people was the focus and black people were rarely if ever mentioned.
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Pinch? That's the first time I've heard that being used as a punishment. None of the kids complained to their parents about it?
Hearing the same bias over and over about any group or any individual will eventually seep into your brain which is why the people trying to instill racism, hatred, etc. do it. It's partly why I posted the question which I saw a black girl ask on Twitter yesterday. When I was looking at the thread it already had over 17K responses. I was amazed at how many people said they never had a black teacher until they went to college.
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