The Cleopatra Controversy: Jada Pinkett-Smith's Netflix Documentary Sparks Internet Drama
The Cleopatra Controversy: Jada Pinkett-Smith's Netflix Documentary Sparks Internet Drama
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Alisha McManus
- Nov 4, 2022
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...
Clinton Davis
- Aug 18, 2022
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...
Hillary LeBlanc
- Jul 14, 2022
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...
Hillary LeBlanc
- Jul 2, 2022
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...
Hillary LeBlanc
- Jun 23, 2022
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...
Hillary LeBlanc
- Jun 10, 2022
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....
Clinton Davis
- Jun 2, 2022
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,...
Sean Tapley
- May 26, 2022
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...
Greg Frankson
- May 19, 2022
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...
Hillary LeBlanc
- May 12, 2022
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...
Hillary LeBlanc
- Apr 29, 2022
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...
Clinton Davis
- Apr 20, 2022
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...
Hillary LeBlanc
- Apr 14, 2022
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...
Savannah Thomas
- Apr 7, 2022
Chronicles of a Mixed Girl: Image Edition
For the past few years, I have been on a self-confidence journey, and while the first few years were unsuccessful this past summer was a...
Hillary LeBlanc
- Mar 31, 2022
The Slap Heard Around the World
Big Yikes. In case you missed the Oscars on Sunday the bigger controversy which is overshadowing everything else is Will Smith slapping...
Clinton Davis
- Mar 24, 2022
It's the eventual ‘Really’ in the “Where are you from?” question that REALLY gets me
The first 843 times I was asked “Where are you from?” in New Brunswick it didn't bother me so much. It was that 844th time that it really go
Hillary LeBlanc
- Mar 17, 2022
Is Everyone Out for Themselves?
I would be an insensitive writer if I didn’t note that times are tough. If the last few years of the pandemic have taught me anything, it...
Savannah Thomas
- Mar 10, 2022
Chronicles of a Mixed Girl: Ode to my Hair
My relationship with my hair has always been a rocky one. As a young child, I had these long dark curls that would spring into perfect...
Clinton Davis
- Mar 3, 2022
When Canadians waste the Silver Spoon (The Free University Education I turned down)
I was born without a silver spoon in my mouth, as were my parents and my older brothers, but by the time my younger sister was born, that...
Hillary LeBlanc
- Feb 24, 2022
The Inner Monologue of a Black Woman Walking Home.
Finally almost home. This bag couldn’t be heavier. Bus driver was nice enough. I wonder if he thought I was nice for saying thank you....
Clinton Davis
- Feb 15, 2022
Black Futures Month?
As we all know, Black History Month is around the corner. The time of year where in Canada, we re-learn that Rosa Parks did not sit at...
Savannah Thomas
- Feb 10, 2022
Chronicles of a Mixed Girl: 1038
When I was growing up; discussions about the police were minimal. I knew they were there to “Protect and Serve” but didn’t fully...
Clinton Davis
- Feb 1, 2022
Managing Casino New Brunswick
My name’s Clinton Davis, and I’m inspired by the inspired. Surround yourself with people who make you better, not worse. Doing things...
Hillary LeBlanc
- Jan 31, 2022
L’église dans un salon de coiffure
PUBLIÉ LE 7 OCTOBRE 2021 PAR HILLARY LEBLANC J’ai l’impression que ce titre va faire rire les personnes qui lisent souvent ce blogue,...
Hillary LeBlanc
- Jan 31, 2022
Hillary LeBlanc – Noir dans les Maritimes
PUBLIÉ LE 12 NOVEMBRE 2020 PAR HILLARY LEBLANC Quand j’avais deux ans, ma mère m’a emmenée au centre commercial Highfield Square sur la...
Savannah Thomas
- Jan 31, 2022
Chroniques d’une fille métisse : édition de la noirceur.
PUBLIÉ LE 26 NOVEMBRE 2021 PAR SAVANNAH THOMAS La première fois que j’ai réalisé que je n’étais pas blanche, j’étais assise dans ma...
Hillary LeBlanc
- Jan 31, 2022
Vous nous avez effacés. Maintenant, réinsérez-nous.
PUBLIÉ LE 29 NOVEMBRE 2021 PAR HILLARY LEBLANC J’ai commencé à lire Out of The Sun: On Race and Storytelling d’Esi Edugyan. Elle m’a...
Savannah Thomas
- Jan 31, 2022
Chronicles of a Mixed Girl: Blackness Edition
The first time I realized I wasn’t white; I was sitting in my third-grade math class. My teacher called on me to answer the question,...
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- Jan 23, 2022
What’s In a Name? What do you call “Black” People?
PUBLISHED ON JANUARY 20, 2022 BY HILLARY LEBLANC As Clinton referenced in a previous blog, the most commonly used terminology to describe...
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- Jan 23, 2022
AM I A BLACK SELL OUT?
PUBLISHED ON JANUARY 6, 2022 BY HILLARY LEBLANC I was recently invited to watch the Canadian premier of the movie Being Bebe about Bebe...
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- Jan 23, 2022
A YEAR OF REFLECTION
PUBLISHED ON DECEMBER 16, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC When I started this blog in November of 2020, mid pandemic, I didn’t know what it would...
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- Jan 23, 2022
You’ve Erased Us. Now, Replace Us.
PUBLISHED ON NOVEMBER 29, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC I’ve started reading Esi Edugyan’s Out of The Sun: On Race and Storytelling. So far she...
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- Jan 23, 2022
You Did The Best You Could, Mom.
PUBLISHED ON NOVEMBER 18, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC In looking at recent racist comments in my yearbook, ways that I was racist to myself...
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- Jan 23, 2022
Canada’s Racist – Now What?
PUBLISHED ON NOVEMBER 4, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC This week the Canadian Race Relations Foundation released a report based on a survey on...
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- Jan 23, 2022
You Don’t Need to Defend Legends Because They Are Black
PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 28, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC In recent years, do to cancel culture groups seem to be willing ton “throw away” or...
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- Jan 23, 2022
What We Can Learn From Dave Chappelle’s The Closer
PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 21, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC This blog was originally written for Byblacks.com Like most people, last week I watched...
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- Jan 23, 2022
Thankful
PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 14, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC I will keep this blog short and sweet! With Thanksgiving behind us I would like to...
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- Jan 23, 2022
The Church of a Hair Salon
PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 7, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC I feel like people who read this blog frequently may laugh at this opening, but, I...
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- Jan 23, 2022
Truth and Reconciliation Day
PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC Ways to educate yourself, participate and learn: https://downiewenjack.ca...
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