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
The Cleopatra Controversy: Jada Pinkett-Smith's Netflix Documentary Sparks Internet Drama
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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...
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 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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