Understanding Race and Racism

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For Students Grades 4 and Up
Presented by the Chinese Canadian National Council - For Social Justice (CCNC-SJ)

This video is a part of a series to help students learn about racism in Canada and how to fight it in their communities! If you can, try to start from the beginning and check them out in order!

This learning series covers these topics:
Understanding Race and Racism (Video and Poster)
Types of Racism (Video)
Racism and Other Forms of Discrimination (Video)
Impacts of Racism (Video)
Racism Towards Chinese Communities in Canada (Poster)
Racism Towards Black Communities in Canada (Poster)
Racism Towards Indigenous Communities in Canada (Poster)
Fighting Racism: It Isn't Always Easy (Video)
Fighting Racism: What Can You Do? (Video)
Fighting Racism: Let’s Practice! (Poster)
Becoming an Ally (Poster)

This learning series was made by teachers with the support of students, families, organizations and members from Indigenous, Black and Chinese communities. This project is funded by the Government of Canada.

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I remember when I was young. There was this Korean restaurant in my neighborhood one of a few Korean stores actually. I remember most of the people treated the owners of the restaurant and store horrible. But because of my earliest experiences with racism had led me to hate any instances of it I used to defend the store owners and would get into fights with friends sometimes because I would get more to them about the crap day today. One day before I left the neighborhood an adult not only attacked me but said their attack dog one me to attack me as well. Running literally for my life I happened to run into that Korean restaurant. They treated me so horribly cussed me told me to get out even though they could see that there was literally a grown man and an attack dog waiting to do be serious, I'm sitting outside their door why because I was black. It didn't matter that always be respectful it didn't matter that always come and get people were disrespectful to do it only mattered that I was black and they had their own prejudices and racist Concepts. People acting like racism is about something that can only happen to Ward's minorities indigenous or people of color. Well it wasn't until the last decade that Hispanics and Asians considered themselves people of color. I grew up at a time when both of those cultures treated people of color that is a black persuasion like utter crap! And as if they were better than them because their skin was whiter. If this whole world don't get past the idiocy of free system we will destroy ourselves. House divided against each other cannot stand! You being in another country does not make you not a part of this planet. And if the whole world can't get past their idiotic concepts of race and we will destroy ourselves and this planet and we will deserve everything that we get!