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I was unaware we even had black people let alone black women in Toronto.
Now it makes sense considering we apparently don't hire them. No wonder I never see any.
So yes you have to move to Atlanta.
This poster is being sarcastic because you seem to be blind to the women of colour all over this city working in every field, from low-paying service jobs to banking, corporate finance, sales, real estate, law, managerial positions, educations, health care, etc. I see black female professionals walking the streets of Toronto every day.
You have to realize that your trouble finding a job has nothing to do with you being a black female. Everyone is feeling the pain right now. Just keep the faith and keep working at it. You may have to lower your standards until the economy improves and jobs in your field become more abundant.
Toronto is a bad job market for all races, do you really think someone would discriminate for a low end job like legal assistant? As much as I dislike this city its not THAT RACIST. I know several black on bay street and alot of them don't stay long end up in us schools like harvard and wharton and are now in chicago or nyc working for major consulting firms and hege funds
Interesting.... Because believe me I see very few brothers on Bay St.
In my experience, young black males who do go to university in Toronto generally do not study finance or economics. There are many black entrepreneurs in the city, as well as black lawyers, doctors and other white collar professionals, but I don't think many blacks in Toronto covet the Bay Street lifestyle and I don't blame them.
You would think in 2013 a city like Toronto would know how to retain a decent amount of people of colour throughout the downtown core including Bay St.
I know several black on bay street and alot of them don't stay long end up in us schools like harvard and wharton and are now in chicago or nyc working for major consulting firms and hege funds
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This is my experience as well. The brothers I knew on Bay St, end up leaving for the most part for either grad school in the US or as you said NYC or Chi. After finishing grad school in Toronto, I worked for a very well known Financial Services company in Toronto and trust me I stood out colour wise. There are very few black professional mentors left in Finance in general in Toronto, many move south.
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Originally Posted by TOkidd
In my experience, young black males who do go to university in Toronto generally do not study finance or economics. There are many black entrepreneurs in the city, as well as black lawyers, doctors and other white collar professionals, but I don't think many blacks in Toronto covet the Bay Street lifestyle and I don't blame them.
We are still very much underrepresented in those fields you mentioned as well. The legal field especially is one where you see very few black managing partners of large firms who are black.
You would think in 2013 a city like Toronto would know how to retain a decent amount of people of colour throughout the downtown core including Bay St.
I can recall certain clubs/bars that catered to blacks/carribbeans in downtown growing up that have all been shut down over the years (perhaps intentionally to make way for condo community demands?) so downtown Toronto does feel less black than it used to. I find large numbers of upper middle class black professionals in many US cities but not so much in Toronto despite low barriers to education. Now, I don't think TO is racist, in fact, I don't think any major metro in North America is outwordly racist nowadays. But I find institutional racism is alive and well, especially in TO. If minorities makes up half the city, they make a small sliver of top management positions.
I can think of two Canadian friends in the US from grad school - one black and one muslim (ironically) - each had similar stories about having a harder time getting interviews or consideration for higher level positions back home in TO compared to the US where they were actively courted post-graduation. I personally believe that one can achieve what they want, regardless of where they are and what their skin colour is, but I do believe US culture is more of a real meritocracy compared to Canada.
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I'm white it took me 1.5 years to find a permanent job, stop playing the race card it's tough for everyone.
