Published inAn Injustice!·Mar 4Member-onlyHow Changing a Single Word From “And” to “On” Brought the Canadian RacismCanadian singer Jully Black changed one word in the national anthem and #HateRunsDeep — Canadian icon and songstress extraordinaire Jully Black changed one word in our National anthem. And that single word change from “and” to “on” saw the racists slither up into the light to spew their hate. In its original form, the line in our anthem…Racism4 min readRacism4 min read
Published inAfroSapiophile·Feb 6Member-onlyI Had a Conversation with ChatGPT About Racism in CanadaI’m not sure if ChatGPT’s answers were illuminating or more of the usual nonsense humans say when they refuse to make change for the better Me: Why has racism not been eliminated in Canada? ChatGPT: 1. Lack of political will: Addressing racism requires political will and a commitment from leaders…ChatGPT3 min readChatGPT3 min read
Jan 21Member-onlyI Didn’t Win $10, 000 For My BusinessThen, I Did Win $10, 000 for My Business, HomeBAnx — Giving 1 Million Homes to the Poor My business idea disrupts the building sector in Canada. It disrupts inequality, it disrupts democracy and it is a strike against the rich. I believe housing is a human right and not…3D Printing4 min read3D Printing4 min read
Jan 20Member-onlyI Stopped Writing Because I Was, and Still Am, Terrified to WriteThe Rich Got Me Sad and Demoralized — I stopped writing a few months ago because I was, am, scared. Actually, I’m terrified. The more I wrote and read, the more frightened I became. …Freedom6 min readFreedom6 min read
Published inILLUMINATION·Apr 14, 2022Member-onlyHomeBAnx — $10, 000 Pitch DayYou can’t slow down when you’ve only got three minutes — I’ll tell you straight up, I flubbed the pitch. We had 3 minutes to get through six slides and make our case for ten thousand dollars. This was the qualifying round and I screwed up. I was accepted into a Women’s entrepreneur program. For eight months we explored marketing, finance…Startup5 min readStartup5 min read
Published inILLUMINATION·Apr 12, 2022Member-onlyEaster’s Coming. Child Slavery Has Gone Up. What You Can Do.Buy ethical, slave-free chocolate. It does make a difference. — Easter’s coming. That means chocolate for a lot of us. I want to ask you to not buy Cadbury (Mondelēz owns Cadbury) brands. Right now they are embroiled in yet another scandal of using children to harvest their chocolate. They can’t deny it. It’s caught on video. It hasn’t been…Humanity3 min readHumanity3 min read
Published inILLUMINATION·Apr 12, 2022Member-onlyTen Things That Make Me Go Yikes!Here’s my list in no particular order — Misty Rae I couldn’t come up with thirty things, so I stuck with ten things that make me feel gross. Spit. I can't stand it. Can’t handle the word, the action, the thought. It was an Edward James Olmos flick that made me this way. I blame him. Spiders. Maybe…Racism3 min readRacism3 min read
Published inAn Injustice!·Apr 11, 2022Member-only789, 000 Black Canadians Suffer From Severe Depression *I’m one of 65.8% of Black Canadians with severe symptoms — Author’s Update - April 12, 2022, 15:35: My headline is wrong. I’m not certain what I was looking at when I pulled together my figures, so I apologize for this glaring error. Statistics Canada puts Canada’s Black population in 2016 at nearly 1.2 million. 65.8% of 1.2 …Mental Health7 min readMental Health7 min read
Apr 9, 2022Member-onlyBlackface Minstrel ShowsBlackface Minstrel Shows Black Face Minstrel Shows In Canada How Canadian parents taught their children to be racist I wonder that white parents aren’t arrested for child abuse. Teaching their children racism, giving them toys to instruct on Black inferiority as compared to whites. But talk of anti-racism, as in Critical Race Theory, and the same parents lose their shit. I’d love one of these…Blackface5 min readBlackface5 min read
Published inILLUMINATION·Apr 6, 2022Member-onlyThe Oscars Weren’t Just About Will SmithJay z and Beyonce walked the red carpet across a picket line — It’s always good to have people in your corner if you’re fortunate. The comedian Monique recently received a long overdue apology from director Lee Daniels. …Humanity5 min readHumanity5 min read
