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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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Jan 23, 20223 min read
CAN CULTURAL APPRECIATION VERSUS APPROPRIATION BE ACHIEVED?
PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC On our most recent episode with the founders of United Colours of Fashion, Christine...
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Jan 23, 20221 min read
The Overlooked Racism in my Yearbook
PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC I recently recovered my yearbooks and though I was instantly flooded with memories of...
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Jan 23, 20223 min read
DOES SAYING WE ARE OPPRESSED, KEEP US OPPRESSED?
PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC I’ve recently read a written piece of work, that aligns itself with the views of people...
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Jan 23, 20223 min read
Examining my Racist Language
PUBLISHED ON JULY 15, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC I have talked at length on the podcast and in this blog about the different ways in which I...
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Jan 23, 20222 min read
I See the Change, so Where is the Progress
PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 21, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC For the first time since January 2020, I was able to return home and boy has it been...
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Jan 23, 20223 min read
What Our Viral TikTok Means
PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 26, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC Shortly after joining Black in the Maritimes in November, I chose to create a TikTok...
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Jan 23, 20223 min read
THE MOST DISRESPECTED PERSON IS THE BLACK WOMAN
PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 5, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC As a lightskin person I have often felt I am having an identity crisis over my Blackness...
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Jan 23, 20223 min read
When Our Intersectionalities Become Personas
PUBLISHED ON JULY 22, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC Recently, Lil Nas X was asked to help educate kids on the severity of AIDS as he is an out...
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Jan 23, 20223 min read
In Defence of my Blackness
PUBLISHED ON JULY 8, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC Recently I had a discussion with a Black woman about a white person she knew not...
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Jan 23, 20223 min read
IN A WOKE WORLD, PEOPLE WOULD STOP WATCHING JOE ROGAN
PUBLISHED ON MAY 20, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC During his podcast this week Joe Rogan stated that in this newer “woke” world, straight...
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Jan 23, 20221 min read
KKKanada Day
PUBLISHED ON JULY 1, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC https://www.irsss.ca/donate www.itk.ca https://www.orangeshirtday.org/donations.html...
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Jan 23, 20223 min read
WHO CAN SAY THE ‘N’ WORD AND WHEN
PUBLISHED ON JUNE 24, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC I’m not sure how I spent almost 8 months writing for Black in the Maritimes and have...
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Jan 23, 20223 min read
APPROPRIATE REPARATIONS FOR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES
PUBLISHED ON JUNE 17, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC In a recent episode of the podcast, we discussed the proper reparations for both the...
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Jan 23, 20223 min read
THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF MINORITIES TO HELP OTHER MINORITY GROUPS: PART 2
PUBLISHED ON JUNE 10, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC We visited this topic recently in terms of Acadians supporting the Black Lives Matter...
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Jan 23, 20223 min read
CAN RACISTS ACTUALLY CHANGE: A LOOK INTO CANCEL CULTURE
PUBLISHED ON JUNE 3, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC I’d like to think that I am typically a nice person, however when I can ruin something for...
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Jan 23, 20223 min read
THE GREAT HAIR DEBATE
PUBLISHED ON MAY 27, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC This conversation is one that has happened frequently, and I still feel that white people do...
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Jan 23, 20224 min read
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MINORITIES TO HELP OTHER MINORITY GROUPS
PUBLISHED ON MAY 13, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC In a recent podcast, we had a heated discussion about Acadians and the idea that other...
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Jan 23, 20224 min read
My Skepticism About the Commissioner of Systemic Racism in NB
PUBLISHED ON MAY 6, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC A few weeks ago on the podcast we discussed the new position for the Commissioner on Systemic...
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Jan 23, 20224 min read
WHERE IS WHITE HISTORY MONTH?
PUBLISHED ON APRIL 29, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC There are certain things that I believe as a queer Black woman go without saying. As part...
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Jan 23, 20223 min read
WHAT’S NEXT FOR CANADIAN FASHION?
PUBLISHED ON APRIL 22, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC For the entire month of April I have explored the whiteness of the Canadian fashion scene,...
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