Derek Chauvin was STABBED - do I care?
Derek Chauvin was stabbed in prison.
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Black Canadians and Public Education by UNESCO Shows Missing Black History Education
As Clinton and I have discussed several times on this podcast, our education system is failing teaching Black History in an appropriate...
The Cleopatra Controversy: Jada Pinkett-Smith's Netflix Documentary Sparks Internet Drama
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The Dahmer Effect
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Micro racism is still racism.
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The Blackened Room
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Skin Folk Isn't Kin Folk
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If there’s WHITE people and BLACK people … then why aren’t I GREY?
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Who is “White” Anyway?
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Hillary LeBlanc
- Nov 14
- 11 min
Black Canadians and Public Education by UNESCO Shows Missing Black History Education
As Clinton and I have discussed several times on this podcast, our education system is failing teaching Black History in an appropriate...
Clinton Davis
- May 19
- 10 min
The Cleopatra Controversy: Jada Pinkett-Smith's Netflix Documentary Sparks Internet Drama
The Cleopatra Controversy: Jada Pinkett-Smith's Netflix Documentary Sparks Internet Drama
Alisha McManus
- Nov 4, 2022
- 3 min
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
- 4 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 4 min
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
- 6 min
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
- 5 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 1 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 8 min
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
- 4 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 4 min
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
- 7 min
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
- 3 min
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...
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