On August 14, 2014, OBHS President, Rosemary Sadlier, wrote: Dear Eton Executives: Re: Offensive Window Display The Ontario Black History Society (OBHS) strives to ensure that the history and heritage of Canadians of African origin receive the inclusion and understanding ...
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Greetings Editor: A new group has emerged to counter the financial dominance of Western banks over their economies. It’s called BRICS, meaning: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. At the end of the sixth meeting in Brazil we find ...
Read More »Black Community Outraged At Eton Of Sweden’s Insensitive Storefront Display
Dear Editor, An American entertainer @missRnB visiting Toronto, walked through Yorkville and noticed a storefront display at a boutique store Eton of Sweden, that triggered her to take a photo and post it her social network with the question : ...
Read More »Woo the Atmosphere: Music and Sex: “Unnecessarily Salacious”?
Hello: As a long-time reader of Pride newspaper, I was very disappointed to read the article “Woo the Atmosphere: Music and Sex” by Amirah. In short, this article’s content doesn’t belong within Pride as it is unnecessarily salacious and isn’t ...
Read More »African Canadian Legal Clinic Informs
Hello, My name is Anthony Morgan and I am the policy and research lawyer at the African Canadian Legal Clinic (ACLC). I am writing in regards to Bill C-24, the Strengthening the Value of Canadian Citizenship Act. The Bill is ...
Read More »My Problem With Apple’s ‘Your Verse’ IPAD Air Commercial
“Do we cease to exist simply because they refuse to see us?” As a black man living in North America, I find myself semi-consciously looking for representation of myself in all strati of our everyday existence. I tend to notice ...
Read More »A Tribute To Nelson Mandela
Editor: Many years ago – before Nelson Mandela was President of South Africa; before he was the darling of the Western media; and before he was claimed as a role model by the President of the United States and the ...
Read More »Bayonette Through The Hearts Of People Of Colour
Dear Editor: Re: T&T Chemist jailed for falsifying tests used to prosecute drug related crime – Pride Nov. 27/13. This is the kind of outrageous story that drives a bayonet through the hearts of peoples of colour in North America. ...
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