Canada is always held up as being considerably better than the United States as far as racism goes*.
And while there are definitely little pockets where you can mostly not be irritated by racist assholes daily, the systemic issues are still the systemic issues.
This week, a report came out from the Black Womenās Institute for Health and Street Voices about the state of Black women's health in Canada.
https://bwhealthinstitute.com/voices-unheard/
There is an executive summary of sorts available at this link:
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For the first time in Canadian history, nearly 2,000 Black women, girls, and gender-diverse people have come together to share their lived experiences navigating the health system ā and what they expose is a national crisis that can no longer be ignored.
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I'd wager that it WILL, in fact, continue to be ignored, much like the Ontario Human Rights Commission's most recent report on anti-Black racism in the Toronto Police Service is the umpteenth report on anti-Black racism in the Toronto Police Service.
And it never actually goes away.
Canada is functionally two mining companies and a bank in a trench coat whose population likes to tell itself fairy tales about Its place in the world. Anything that undermines the collective state of suspended disbelief is touted as "anti-Canadian" or "racist against white people".
Which, I guess, means that reality itself is "racist against white people".
The PDF of the report itself is available here:
https://bwhealthinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Voices-Unheard-Healthcare-Barriers-and-the-Lived-Experinces-of-Black-Women-in-Canada.pdf
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* I have not stepped foot in the US in well over a decade as my personal boycott, but I do recall distinctly commenting that crossing that border was like getting in a fucking time machine and going the wrong way. But it's really just comparing a dumpster fire to a forest fire.
Neither is desirable.
#racism #AntiBlackRacism #SocialDeterminantsOfHealth #Canada #canpol #canpoli #Toronto
