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Derek Chauvin was STABBED - do I care?
Derek Chauvin was stabbed in prison.
Black Canadians and Public Education by UNESCO Shows Missing Black History Education
As Clinton and I have discussed several times on this podcast, our education system is failing teaching Black History in an appropriate...
The Cleopatra Controversy: Jada Pinkett-Smith's Netflix Documentary Sparks Internet Drama
The Cleopatra Controversy: Jada Pinkett-Smith's Netflix Documentary Sparks Internet Drama
The Dahmer Effect
Cw: Mentions of Murder,Cannibalism and sexual assault Now that Halloween has come and gone it’s time to talk about who wore it worst? I’m...
REALLY, L'Acadie Nouvelle?
Dropping the Ball in 2022 On August 16th, L'Acadie Nouvelle, described on Wikipedia as an independent French newspaper published in...
Our Condition: Working While Black – A Documentary by TAIBU CHC
As part of my day job, I get the opportunity to support Community Health Centres and learn about their endeavours. What always fills me...
Recommitting to Sobriety and The Sober Black Girls Club
It has been almost three years since I first moved from Toronto to Ottawa, built a relationship with my father, promised I would get...
What Robert Tay-Burroughs' Stepping Down from Systemic Racism Commissioner Advisor Means
If you've been following me for a while, even outside of BlackLantic, you know that I have been extremely skeptical of the work of the...
Dissecting a Post From a Troll
On our page, one specific man has continued to comment on our posts about how we are the actual racists because we hate white people....
Two Years Since the Death of George Floyd, Weeks since the Buffalo Supermarket Shooting
May 25th marked the two year anniversary of the night we watched a police officer ecstatically murdering a man in the streets, on camera,...
Micro racism is still racism.
Things like making fun of an accent, making jokes about cultural stereotypes, referring to individuals as a food associated with their...
The Blackened Room
open the door step inside the contours of your fear caress the warp in your perception that braids devastation to your cranium tight like...
Black designers who made Fashion Art Toronto innovative
This week I had the honour to both model at and attend Fashion Art Toronto. Fashion Art Toronto, directed by Vanja Vasic, is now the most...
Skin Folk Isn't Kin Folk
I hate writing about problems I have with other people who are also racialized. It feels like I shouldn't complain about my brothers or...
If there’s WHITE people and BLACK people … then why aren’t I GREY?
(originally published Dec 9th, 2021) Words. Word words, words. Why do we use them? What do they mean? Who teaches us their meaning, and...
Who is “White” Anyway?
In a recent conversation with some (white) friends, I was asked who I thought was “white” and admittedly I was stumped. I sure know I am...
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Savannah Thomas
Mar 10, 20223 min read
Chronicles of a Mixed Girl: Ode to my Hair
My relationship with my hair has always been a rocky one. As a young child, I had these long dark curls that would spring into perfect...
Clinton Davis
Mar 3, 20227 min read
When Canadians waste the Silver Spoon (The Free University Education I turned down)
I was born without a silver spoon in my mouth, as were my parents and my older brothers, but by the time my younger sister was born, that...
Hillary LeBlanc
Feb 24, 20222 min read
The Inner Monologue of a Black Woman Walking Home.
Finally almost home. This bag couldn’t be heavier. Bus driver was nice enough. I wonder if he thought I was nice for saying thank you....
Clinton Davis
Feb 15, 20224 min read
Black Futures Month?
As we all know, Black History Month is around the corner. The time of year where in Canada, we re-learn that Rosa Parks did not sit at...
Savannah Thomas
Feb 10, 20223 min read
Chronicles of a Mixed Girl: 1038
When I was growing up; discussions about the police were minimal. I knew they were there to “Protect and Serve” but didn’t fully...
Clinton Davis
Feb 1, 20229 min read
Managing Casino New Brunswick
My name’s Clinton Davis, and I’m inspired by the inspired. Surround yourself with people who make you better, not worse. Doing things...
Hillary LeBlanc
Jan 30, 20223 min read
L’église dans un salon de coiffure
PUBLIÉ LE 7 OCTOBRE 2021 PAR HILLARY LEBLANC J’ai l’impression que ce titre va faire rire les personnes qui lisent souvent ce blogue,...
Hillary LeBlanc
Jan 30, 20225 min read
Hillary LeBlanc – Noir dans les Maritimes
PUBLIÉ LE 12 NOVEMBRE 2020 PAR HILLARY LEBLANC Quand j’avais deux ans, ma mère m’a emmenée au centre commercial Highfield Square sur la...
Savannah Thomas
Jan 30, 20223 min read
Chroniques d’une fille métisse : édition de la noirceur.
PUBLIÉ LE 26 NOVEMBRE 2021 PAR SAVANNAH THOMAS La première fois que j’ai réalisé que je n’étais pas blanche, j’étais assise dans ma...
Hillary LeBlanc
Jan 30, 20224 min read
Vous nous avez effacés. Maintenant, réinsérez-nous.
PUBLIÉ LE 29 NOVEMBRE 2021 PAR HILLARY LEBLANC J’ai commencé à lire Out of The Sun: On Race and Storytelling d’Esi Edugyan. Elle m’a...
Savannah Thomas
Jan 30, 20222 min read
Chronicles of a Mixed Girl: Blackness Edition
The first time I realized I wasn’t white; I was sitting in my third-grade math class. My teacher called on me to answer the question,...
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Jan 23, 20223 min read
What’s In a Name? What do you call “Black” People?
PUBLISHED ON JANUARY 20, 2022 BY HILLARY LEBLANC As Clinton referenced in a previous blog, the most commonly used terminology to describe...
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Jan 23, 20223 min read
AM I A BLACK SELL OUT?
PUBLISHED ON JANUARY 6, 2022 BY HILLARY LEBLANC I was recently invited to watch the Canadian premier of the movie Being Bebe about Bebe...
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Jan 23, 20222 min read
A YEAR OF REFLECTION
PUBLISHED ON DECEMBER 16, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC When I started this blog in November of 2020, mid pandemic, I didn’t know what it would...
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Jan 23, 20223 min read
You’ve Erased Us. Now, Replace Us.
PUBLISHED ON NOVEMBER 29, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC I’ve started reading Esi Edugyan’s Out of The Sun: On Race and Storytelling. So far she...
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Jan 23, 20223 min read
You Did The Best You Could, Mom.
PUBLISHED ON NOVEMBER 18, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC In looking at recent racist comments in my yearbook, ways that I was racist to myself...
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Jan 23, 20222 min read
Canada’s Racist – Now What?
PUBLISHED ON NOVEMBER 4, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC This week the Canadian Race Relations Foundation released a report based on a survey on...
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Jan 23, 20223 min read
You Don’t Need to Defend Legends Because They Are Black
PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 28, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC In recent years, do to cancel culture groups seem to be willing ton “throw away” or...
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Jan 23, 20223 min read
What We Can Learn From Dave Chappelle’s The Closer
PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 21, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC This blog was originally written for Byblacks.com Like most people, last week I watched...
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Jan 23, 20221 min read
Thankful
PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 14, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC I will keep this blog short and sweet! With Thanksgiving behind us I would like to...
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