The Skin We're In:
A Year of Black Resistance and Power
We can get overwhelmed by all of the news, even by so much history that we have to learn, so Desmond Cole condensed it down into one year in his new book ‘The Skin We’re In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power.’ He looked at: issues in the child welfare system; in the immigration system; at experiences with the police; concluding that this could be any year in Canadian history.
For Cole, reparations is like the idea of reconciliation that Indigenous people talk about,. It's not one act. It's not a sum of money. It's not even just one apology. It's an ongoing commitment to improving the lives of black people given their history and questions like:
Recommended reference book: ‘The Skin We’re In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power‘, 2020.
Date and Time: Fridays, November 2 and 9 (2 weeks), 2-3 PM
Moderator: Pat Simke
Cost: $5
Maximum Attendees: 50
Booking: You can book a spot with a credit card payment on or after the enrolment day using the link that will be visible then. See Terms and Conditions. Please note, maximum of two spots per person per course. When the course is full, to go onto the waiting list, please send us an e-mail at [email protected]
- Cole thinks that all institutions should all be delving into their past to understand where did the money from this institution come from?
- How are these buildings built? In so many cases in our history, in the Maritimes especially, the enslavement of African people is deeply tied to the wealth that people were able to generate and to these empires that they were able to build.
For Cole, reparations is like the idea of reconciliation that Indigenous people talk about,. It's not one act. It's not a sum of money. It's not even just one apology. It's an ongoing commitment to improving the lives of black people given their history and questions like:
- Why are so many Blacks in jail?
- Why are so many Blacks being apprehended?
- Why are child apprehensions in black communities in Toronto going up (almost 40% of the new child welfare cases)? That wasn't the case a generation ago.
- Who benefits from the status quo?
- If Modern Monetary Theory says we can afford equality for Blacks why don’t we demand it?
Recommended reference book: ‘The Skin We’re In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power‘, 2020.
Date and Time: Fridays, November 2 and 9 (2 weeks), 2-3 PM
Moderator: Pat Simke
Cost: $5
Maximum Attendees: 50
Booking: You can book a spot with a credit card payment on or after the enrolment day using the link that will be visible then. See Terms and Conditions. Please note, maximum of two spots per person per course. When the course is full, to go onto the waiting list, please send us an e-mail at [email protected]