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In a political world, where words are pregnant with moral meanings, language is not innocent of racist content. Here a young man walks in his neighbourhood in Mississauga, ON. Steven Van/Unsplash

‘Thugs’ is a race-code word that fuels anti-Black racism

Tamari Kitossa, Brock University

Toronto Mayor John Tory's use of race-coded words to describe gun violence in Toronto, including "thugs, sewer rats and gangsters," stokes racism and serves to justify policing Black communities.
A program called Generation Chosen offers marginalized Black youth from Toronto’s Jane and Finch community mentorship, community and the tools of emotional intelligence. (Rhianne Campbell)

Emotional intelligence is life and death where I’m from

Dwayne Brown, York University, Canada

Black youth need programs that develop emotional intelligence -- to combat institutional racism, social exclusion and white supremacy. The government's promised $19 million is not enough.
Indigenous, LGBT, Black and refugee youth are among the groups that are at a greater risk of cyberbullying than others. But youth can also be powerful agents of change. Clarke Sanders/Unsplash

Don’t be a bystander: Five steps to fight cyberbullying

Nadia Naffi, Concordia University

Cyberbullying has become destructive and feels unstoppable. Here is a five-step technique for dealing with it.
Though popular culture might suggest otherwise, cyberbullying isn’t just a white problem. tommaso79/shutterstock.com

Race, cyberbullying and intimate partner violence

Roderick S. Graham, Old Dominion University

A recent Pew survey reported that young African-Americans are more likely to be both victims and perpetrators of cyberbullying. Why?

Related Topics

  1. Bullying
  2. Civic education
  3. Critical race theory
  4. cyberbully
  5. Pinkwashing
  6. Race
  7. race crime
  8. Toronto

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