Know Nonsense Anti Racism Podcast

What do you know about Black train porters? I didn't know much either but this group has done so much more for multiculturalism in Canada than you probably realize. Their difficult working conditions led them to start the first Black railway union in North America, to fight racial discrimination in all workplaces, and advocated the federal government to change immigration policies!

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One book (and now television show) I'm crazy about is Lawrence Hill's The Book of Negroes. If it sounds familiar it could be because it's a fantastic book that won tons of awards and prizes, or maybe you remember it being mentioned a few episodes back in our discussion about Canada's Black Loyalists. There are of course many other books, shows and documentaries about slavery and the black experience in North America, so tell me what else are you reading/watching?

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https://gem.cbc.ca/season/the-book-of-negroes/

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I don't know where to begin with this amazing woman. She broke so many glass ceilings in her life that a 5 minute podcast episode really doesn't do her justice. She is the first woman (and Black woman) publisher in Canada and North America. Her weekly newspaper the Provincial Freeman reached over 35,000 readers in Canada! Learn more in the episode.

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The first documented race riot in North America happened in 1748 in a small town in the western part of Nova Scotia called Shelburne. No one died in the chaos, but dozens of Black families were left homeless and traumatized, reminded that no matter where they went they'd always be considered second-class citizens. 

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Canada has long-been a refuge for black people escaping slavery in the United States and this extended to a group called Black Loyalists who fought for the British Crown with the promise of "freedom and a farm". You can probably guess judging by the title that something went wrong. Instead of the peace and freedom these black people and their families hoped for in Canada, they found that racism and discrimination had no physical boundaries.

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Of course you've heard of Harriet Tubman and her incredible accomplishments as a woman who escaped slavery and helped others escape using the Underground Railroad. But her life's story is so much more than this and now I'm looking to join her fan club! Did you know she was married twice? Did you know she lived with a disability? Have you heard about the  strategies she used to evade capture? Tune in and learn about this amazing woman!

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Everyone has heard of the Underground Railroad right? It's a source of pride for Canadians when contrasted against the dark parts of slavery in the United States.  It was a lifeline for  people escaping from enslavement, despite the United States enacting laws on the side of slave owners to clamp down on it. Learn about this incredible network!

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Marie-Joseph Angelique is not a Canadian many have heard of, but those who have heard of her, know her because of her death more than her life. She was an enslaved Black woman accused, charged, and hanged for a crime we still don't know that she committed. Her story, no matter how tragic, is an important part of our collective Canadian history.

**This episode details difficult subject matter so listener discretion is advised.

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We're setting the record straight, slavery not only existed in Canada, but was widely practiced! Both Black and Indigenous people were enslaved to settlers, traders, and industry and it's an aspect of our history we conveniently leave out of the history text books.

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Once upon a time, there were only Indigenous people living on Turtle Island, what you and I now call Canada. European explorers came in the 1500s and in the early 1600s an African man also found his way to these shores...

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