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...
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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...
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...
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...
Hillary LeBlanc
- Jan 30, 2022
- 3 min
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 30, 2022
- 5 min
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...
Hillary LeBlanc
- Jan 30, 2022
- 4 min
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...
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- Jan 23, 2022
- 3 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 1 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 1 min
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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- Jan 23, 2022
- 3 min
I See Those PPC Numbers, Atlantic Canada, & I Don’t Like Them.
PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC Unless you were living under a rock recently, you were aware that Monday we had an...
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- Jan 23, 2022
- 3 min
CAN CULTURAL APPRECIATION VERSUS APPROPRIATION BE ACHIEVED?
PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2021 BY HILLARY LEBLANC On our most recent episode with the founders of United Colours of Fashion, Christine...
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...