Interesting study published in the Toronto Star regarding the Black experience in the GTA.
https://www.thestar.com/news/immigra...dentities.html
Some of the highlights:
- According to the Black Experience Project, a groundbreaking survey of 1,504 self-identified Black individuals in Greater Toronto, 53 per cent of the participants identified themselves as Black regardless of their heritage, country of origin, and ethnocultural and other identities.
- Two-thirds of survey participants said they frequently or occasionally experience racism and discrimination because they are Black;
- Eight in 10 reported experiencing one of several forms of day-to-day “microaggression” such as having others expect their work to be inferior or being treated in a condescending or superficial way;
- Although those with lower incomes are affected more intensively by these incidents, when it comes to getting randomly stopped in public by the police, those in the higher socio-economic stratum are not immune;
- About four respondents in 10 said they felt accepted by their teachers “only sometimes” or “never”;
One-third identified challenges in the workplace linked to being Black, whether those involved explicit racism or discrimination, or an uncomfortable workplace culture in which they do not feel they are treated professionally accepted.
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