Tag: systemic racism

Walking through Vancouver: reflections on systemic racism

by Trixie Ling & Flyn Ritchie • June 4, 2020 • 0 Comments

Trixie Ling was walking in her East Vancouver neighbourhood May 9 when a young white man walking toward her began making racial and sexual comments. Though she tried to ignore him, he spat in her face. She spoke about the…

Vancouver leaders respond to racist violence with passion

by Flyn Ritchie • June 4, 2020 • 3 Comments

Church leaders in Metro Vancouver responded immediately and with intensity to the killing of George Floyd and racial profiling / police violence in the United States (and in Canada). Some of the comments are not surprising; a number of the…