Some time after seven in the morning, his eyes move to the ceiling, before his hands brush his face. Then he shifts, carefully, to the other side of the bed to find his glasses over the bedroom table. When he maneuvers out of bed, he heads directly to the washroom, where he brushes his teeth,…
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I recently noticed the number of podcasts I was subscribed to was starting to look like my personal library: I had committed myself to more content than I probably have the time to enjoy. So I’ve narrowed the list of podcasts I subscribe to and I’ve selected my 10 favourite podcasts from that list, and…
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A White army went to war against a Black army in Ghana in the 19th century—and my ancestors fought alongside the White army against the Black army. History is more complex than we choose to remember. History isn’t black or white. History isn’t about oppressors and victims—we’re all oppressors, we’re all victims. No one is…
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I’ve been called “Black on the outside, White on the inside” many times. And that’s because too many Black people agree with White racists that a Black person’s skin colour shapes who they are. If you’re unfamiliar with the phrase, “Black on the outside, White on the inside”, it’s a racial epithet to describe Black…
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Black history didn’t begin with the arrival of the first African slaves in America. It didn’t start with the Ghana Empire or the Nubian Kingdom of Kush in Africa. Black history began in the Garden of Eden. When we think about the most important figures in Black history, we tend to think about African leaders…
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If you’ve been reading what current and former NBA players have been saying about Kobe Bryant since his death yesterday, you’ll know that his peers considered him one of the greatest basketball players of all time. And next to that, you’ll also know they considered him one of the fiercest competitors in NBA history. That’s…
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If there was a nation in the world with only billionaires and millionaires, would you consider the least rich person in that nation poor? If the least rich person in that nation owned the smallest mansion, the least expensive sports cars, the least expensive personal chefs and housemaids in the nation, would they be poor?…
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A 103 years ago in 1917, the world’s biggest heroes had been away from their mothers and sisters and their wives and daughters for 3 years. They were men, young and old, who walked away from their families and walked into foreign lands to fight for their kings and countries, neighbours and families. Over 42…
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My colleagues and I have said on numerous occasions that we look forward to losing our jobs. We dream about the day when we’ll finally close our offices. We do not want our organization, the Canadian Center for Bio-Ethical Reform to exist forever. We want to become unemployed. We love our jobs. We are passionate…
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One of my Republican friends in America refused to vote for Trump in 2016. And she’ll probably refuse to vote the way many Republicans will in 2020 too. She couldn’t vote for Trump. She couldn’t vote for a man who routinely disrespects and insults his rivals. She couldn’t write Donald Trump’s name on her ballot—she…
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