We need to understand that BIPOC voices and experiences are not a monolith and listen to everyone’s stories. It's important to recognize your privilege and use it to help others instead of being passive.
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As a teacher, it’s my responsibility to help and guide students along their educational journey, encouraging them to be open-minded but to also think critically of the world around them.
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I grew up surrounded by all white people, and like most other white Canadians, we felt pretty good about ourselves that racism was something in the past, and we do not have to worry about it in this country. I did not think that much about it until I went to university in my mid-20s, and I had to take some courses.
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As a white woman, being an ally means that I'm engaged in continuous learning. I’m learning how to acknowledge my white privilege. There is fear in being white admitting that you have privilege.
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“When I was old enough to realize how my mom was treated in comparison to me, I realized that I have light skin privilege. I have white privilege.”
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“I had the privilege to speak in one of the rallies of Black Lives Matter and I also recited a poem during the anti-racist in consultation with City Council. Anti-Blackness has been going on for centuries and centuries. Now it all over social media and in the news about how Black people are being discriminated against.”
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