Racism in Ottawa

[YOWetal]

Originally Posted by acottawa

I am pretty sure school board trustees are not law enforcement officers in Ontario. If she thought it was a problem she should have called bylaw, although others were apparently also using the park and she did not bother them.

I think the issue here is less the park closure and more the ridiculous threats she made, including threatening to get him kicked off the school basketball team.

It begs the question why school trustees still exist. All substantive decisions are made at Queen’s park anyway.

Well agreed she is not law enforcement but she didn't she do what Black Lives Matters says to do. Rather than call the police who might kill him talk to him. Adults talk to kids breaking the rules all the time. He told her off so she got mad at her powerlessness and went off on a power trip so maybe she shouldn't be a trustee. Read the article though it doesn't seem to be motivated by racism. She in fact had told others to leave the park.

Maybe her talk of kids like him ending up in jail were racist. Kids who don't listen to adults when they are breaking the rules are the type who get in trouble and go to jail, of course they are also the type who have determination and become high achievers. Not knowing anything about the kid maybe he is the latter and she made an assumption that was at least partially racially based.

As for trustees they now have the power to decide if schools are open or closed. Maybe this is province passing the back but nevertheless public pressure led them to shift from 2 days to 5 days a week of in school learning for this fall as their preference.

[daud]

the OCDSB trustee in question is a bit of a nutbar and should go. She has been in the news for years bickering with just about everyone. And she does seem to have a fixation with race:

From 2016:

https://ottawasun.com/2016/12/21/ottawa-...wcm/39d58645-7d25-4c5c-bd6a-d5367aff768f

she just doesn't seem very stable to me and while I don't know her work as a trustee, she's been in the news too many times for weird and negative stuff.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by daud

the OCDSB trustee in question is a bit of a nutbar and should go. She has been in the news for years bickering with just about everyone. And she does seem to have a fixation with race:

From 2016:

https://ottawasun.com/2016/12/21/ottawa-...wcm/39d58645-7d25-4c5c-bd6a-d5367aff768f

she just doesn't seem very stable to me and while I don't know her work as a trustee, she's been in the news too many times for weird and negative stuff.

She has a hell of a track record for sure, but on that one isn't she on the right side of (contemporary) history by calling out someone's white privilege?

(BTW Blackburn's own daughter is black. Not sure if people care or even if that is relevant though.)

[Proof Sheet]

Originally Posted by Acajack

She has a hell of a track record for sure, but on that one isn't she on the right side of (contemporary) history by calling out someone's white privilege?

(BTW Blackburn's own daughter is black. Not sure if people care or even if that is relevant though.)

A total piece of work. She is the type of person who would get in an argument if she was the only person in the room.

Time for her to call it a day. She appears to not to be able to build any consensus etc with her fellow trustees.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by Proof Sheet

A total piece of work. She is the type of person who would get in an argument if she was the only person in the room.

Time for her to call it a day. She appears to not to be able to build any consensus etc with her fellow trustees.

Not that it's a free pass for everything, but if you read her bio she's been through a lot in her life.

[YOWetal]

Originally Posted by Acajack

She has a hell of a track record for sure, but on that one isn't she on the right side of (contemporary) history by calling out someone's white privilege?

(BTW Blackburn's own daughter is black. Not sure if people care or even if that is relevant though.)

It's very interesting context. It does explain why the professional investigator said it didn't appear to be racist but the other Trustees overruled and decided to censure her. They are hoping to see the back of her.

Somehow it's always the most "woke" people who get this kind of blowback. The real racists know better and keep their mouths shut.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by YOWetal

It's very interesting context. It does explain why the professional investigator said it didn't appear to be racist but the other Trustees overruled and decided to censure her. They are hoping to see the back of her.

Somehow it's always the most "woke" people who get this kind of blowback. The real racists know better and keep their mouths shut.

I think you may be on to something (witness how much of the activist set is starting to "eat their own") but our era does not seem to have the "probity" to recognize it.

[YOWetal]

Originally Posted by Acajack

I think you may be on to something (witness how much of the activist set is starting to "eat their own") but our era does not seem to have the "probity" to recognize it.

Yeah I read an unrelated article that suggested that the more successful response to these cancel culture incidents is to not apologize and go on the attack. So in this case track down the others she kicked out and pointing out the kid has been in trouble before. (assuming he has but what 17 year old hasn't done stupid stuff) This is also how an actual racist will respond ironically.

[J.OT13]

So she was hanging out in the park all day to tattle-tale on other people in the park. Doesn't that in itself "break the rules"? Seems like she's a self-righteous person on a power trip.

Whether or not some of her actions over the years were racially motivated (and in this case at least, suggesting the black teen will end up in jail because he's playing basketball the day the park was closed), she's unfit for her position and should step down.

[acottawa]

Sorry, couldn’t resist

[J.OT13]

Yeah, that's seems pretty accurate.

[Jamaican-Phoenix]

Hey guys, I actually started a YouTube channel a while ago, and I've generally tried to avoid self-promotion outside of Facebook but some recent videos are very relevant the current discourse here and in society.

I'm getting really tired of the false narrative that "we're not as bad as the States," so yesterday I posted a video about the history of slavery and racism in Canada, and announced a 'mini-series'. Today is the start of that 'mini-series' that seeks to expose all the ways we've been horrible to Black people in our history, including slavery.

I strongly encourage you all to watch it because it's informative and I did put a bit of work and research into it.

• Video Link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItYVdTHTtIY

[kevinbottawa]

Originally Posted by Jamaican-Phoenix

Hey guys, I actually started a YouTube channel a while ago, and I've generally tried to avoid self-promotion outside of Facebook but some recent videos are very relevant the current discourse here and in society.

I'm getting really tired of the false narrative that "we're not as bad as the States," so yesterday I posted a video about the history of slavery and racism in Canada, and announced a 'mini-series'. Today is the start of that 'mini-series' that seeks to expose all the ways we've been horrible to Black people in our history, including slavery.

I strongly encourage you all to watch it because it's informative and I did put a bit of work and research into it.

• Video Link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItYVdTHTtIY

Thanks for putting that together. Even as a Black man born in Canada I haven't been aware of the history of slavery in Canada. Also, that's the first time I've ever heard of a Black woman being called a "negress".

[Norman Bates]

Originally Posted by kevinbottawa

Thanks for putting that together. Even as a Black man born in Canada I haven't been aware of the history of slavery in Canada. Also, that's the first time I've ever heard of a Black woman being called a "negress".

The term was used in a 1960s episode of Star Trek, the original series. It was spoken in a respectful way by Abraham Lincoln.

[Acajack]

Négresse is actually way more common in French.

Though one would not use it in polite company today.

[The Conductor]

Racism and homophobia is a major problem still

[The Conductor]

Originally Posted by The Conductor

Racism and homophobia is a major problem still

In fact homophobic slurs are viewed as the norm by many...

[J.OT13]

That piece of shit Montsion has been found not guilty. What a f-ing surprise.

Matthew Kupfer CBC
@matthewkupfer
Kelly: In the end I'm left with a reasonable doubt on the three questions. I'm also left with a reasonable doubt on whether Montsion's acts caused Abdi's nasal injuries and, even if they did, whether they caused his death. I find Montsion not guilty of all charges.
10:56 AM · Oct 20, 2020·Twitter Web App

So what the judge is saying is, Abdi would have died that day no matter what? Getting beat to a pulp with motorcycle gloves had nothing to do with his death? The altercation had noting to do with his death?

[TransitZilla]

So will this guy just end up back on the force now?

Reasonable doubt or not, the fact that a man died indicates a policing failure. There is no wonder that citizens are losing trust in the police.

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by bradnixon

So will this guy just end up back on the force now?

Reasonable doubt or not, the fact that a man died indicates a policing failure. There is no wonder that citizens are losing trust in the police.

Under any other police chief, he probably would have been welcomed back with open arms, but hopefully Sloly will do what he can to keep him off the force, or at least give him the shittiest job possible if he has to take him back.

This sends yet another really bad message, giving any and all asshole cops the green light to continue abusing their power and using excessive force.