Antiracist History & Theory

We Will Win: Black Lives Matter-Toronto

Tanesha B.

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Description

This factsheet distills Sandra Hudson and Yusra Khogali’s chapter “WeWill Win: Black Lives Matter-Toronto” in Race and Racialization:Essential Readings. Hudson and Khogali reflect on their activism againstanti-Black racism in Toronto and the broader fight against racism inNorth America. They argue that the institution of slavery and itspresence today as anti-Black racism is an integral feature of settlercolonialism which exists in policing and the criminal justice system .

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References

  • Hudson, S. & Khogali, Y. (2018). "We will Win: Black Lives Matter – Toronto.” In Race and Racialization: Essential Reading, 2nd edition, eds. Tania Das Gapta, Carl E. James, Chris Andersen, Grace-Edward Galabuzi & Roger C. A, Maak. Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press, pp. 695-713.

Source Authors

Sandra Hudson, Yusra Khogali

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