Students, parents disturbed after TDSB teacher in Parkdale wore blackface to class … but Blackie McBlackFace Still AOK!

Inspired by Justin’s example.

A teacher at Parkdale Collegiate Institute is under investigation after he came to class Friday wearing blackface as part of a Halloween costume.

In a letter sent Saturday night to parents and students of Parkdale Collegiate Institute — and shared with the Star — principal Julie Ardell called the incident “racist and dehumanizing.”

“As you know, many staff and students were dressed up for Halloween, but late in the morning, a number of students alerted the Vice Principal that a white staff member was in ‘Blackface,’” she wrote.

 

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British Theatre Adds Trigger Warning to Shakespeare’s Macbeth

A London theatre has added a ‘trigger warning’ to its production of William Shakespeare’s 415-year-old play Macbeth, because it contains scenes of violence, suicide, fake blood, and smoking.

The Almeida Theatre in north London includes this “content warning”: “This production includes extreme scenes of violence, including violence against children, suicide, and the use of blood, firearms and knives. It also contains flashing lights, vaping and the smoking of real cigarettes.”

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“White People, You Are the Problem”

AT&T’s new racial reeducation program promotes the idea that “racism is a uniquely white trait.”

AT&T Corporation has created a racial reeducation program that promotes the idea that “American racism is a uniquely white trait” and boosts left-wing causes such as “reparations,” “defund police,” and “trans activism.”

I have obtained a cache of internal documents about the company’s initiative, called Listen Understand Act, which is based on the core principles of critical race theory, including “intersectionality,” “systemic racism,” “white privilege,” and “white fragility.” CEO John Stankey launched the program last year and, subsequently, has told employees that private corporations such as AT&T have an “obligation to engage on this issue of racial injustice” and push for “systemic reforms in police departments across the country.”

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‘Humans are a mistake’: Why more young women are getting sterilized

World is better off.

Rachel Diamond looks like most of the moms at the Park Slope café where we meet. She’s wearing a green T-shirt under a black corduroy jumper, sensible shoes and carries a smart, leather bag. She sips a four dollar iced chai. Except the 31-year-old isn’t a mom. And she never will be.

“You know,” Diamond says cheerily, “I never expected to be the poster child of sterilization.”

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School Takes Elementary Students To Gay Bar

Wilton Manors Elementary School brought students to Rosie’s, a local gay bar, for a field trip, a school board member announced Wednesday.

Broward County School Board member Sarah Leonardi attended the field trip and commented, “I was SO honored to be invited to chaperone … the students and I had a fun walk over and learned a lot about our community!” She also mentioned that this is an annual trip hosted by the gay bar for children.

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Eight members of United Nation of Islam ‘cult’ in Kansas are accused of separating children as young as eight from their parents, making them work 16-hour days

Federal prosecutors have claimed that eight leaders of a Kansas-based ‘cult’ separated children as young as eight from their parents, physically abused them and put them to work in businesses across the U.S. in 16-hour-a-day shifts with no pay.

A 20-page filing by Kansas federal prosecutors alleged that the leaders of the United Nation of Islam, which was labeled a cult by a federal judge in 2018, encouraged parents to send their children to an unlicensed school in Kansas City. Those who failed to enroll would be put to work.

The accused leaders – Kaaba Majeed, Yunus Rassoul, James Staton, Randolph Rodney Hadley, Dana Peach, Etenia Kinard, and Jacelyn Greenwell – were arrested on Monday in various U.S. cities. They do not yet have lawyers listed in court records and were unable to be reached for comment.

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Indigenous or pretender?

Carrie Bourassa, one of the country’s most-esteemed Indigenous health experts, claims to be Métis, Anishinaabe and Tlinglit. Some of her colleagues say there’s no evidence of that.

Grey Owl – Archie Belaney – A visionary!

With a feather in her hand and a bright blue shawl and Métis sash draped over her shoulders, Carrie Bourassa made her entrance to deliver a TEDx Talk at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon in September 2019, where she detailed her personal rags-to-riches story.

“My name is Morning Star Bear,” she said, choking up. “I’m just going to say it — I’m emotional.”

The crowd applauded and cheered.

“I’m Bear Clan. I’m Anishinaabe Métis from Treaty Four Territory,” Bourassa said, explaining that she grew up in Regina’s inner city in a dysfunctional family surrounded by addiction, violence and racism.

We really need to make the “Archie’s” award a thing. Assuming the allegations are true the subject of this article is Russian and Czech and anything but Aboriginal. She sports an amazing defense claiming feelings trump DNA.

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“Defund Meat”

Animal Rebellion activists scale government building in London demanding UK ‘defund meat’

Four eco-protesters scaled the facade of Britain’s Defra offices, claiming they’d remain in mid-air until Prime Minister Boris Johnson ended subsidies on meat and dairy agriculture and supported a plant-based transition instead.

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