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Hiring of white woman to help oversee Africville Heritage Trust sparks uproar [Halifax, Nova Scotia]
The Canadian Press ^ | 9/17/11 | John Lewandowski

Posted on 09/17/2011 2:48:07 PM PDT by rickmichaels

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1 posted on 09/17/2011 2:48:12 PM PDT by rickmichaels
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They’re starting an all black TV station in our area...the theory being that blacks watch more tv....I’m not saying a thing...just telling


2 posted on 09/17/2011 2:58:45 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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As long as it keeps them off the streets.


3 posted on 09/17/2011 3:07:14 PM PDT by bigheadfred (But alas)
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Bet they can’t keep all the honkies and crackers out though.


4 posted on 09/17/2011 3:20:34 PM PDT by Post Toasties (Leftists give insanity a bad name.)
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To: rickmichaels

There are blacks in NB??!!


5 posted on 09/17/2011 3:23:31 PM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Percentage of Income in CS is inversely proportionate to Mother's parenting of children)
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And the countdown begins on when the guilt ridden whites cave in to black racism. 10...9...8...7...


6 posted on 09/17/2011 3:26:25 PM PDT by Robwin
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I think the good folks of Africville should burn a cross in Nixon’s yard to show their displeasure.


7 posted on 09/17/2011 3:29:02 PM PDT by rabidralph
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To: rickmichaels

“reposted for black candidates only”... Ah, a rose by any other name [note: this statement applies to Whites only. Black people are INCAPABLE of racism. < s/o >] :^)


8 posted on 09/17/2011 3:36:28 PM PDT by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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Jones said he believes the hiring process was flawed because the job wasn't widely advertised and that Nixon's hiring ignored the sensitivities of some in the local black community.

"How could a white woman from Ontario be able to explain what we would go through growing up as a black person in Africville, facing the kind of racism and degradation the people had to live through?" said Jones.

"It's impossible for anyone without that experience to interpret that."

The trust was set up to establish a memorial to Africville, a black community situated in Halifax's north end that was set up by former slaves in the early 1800s on the shore overlooking Bedford Basin.

First it is impossible for anyone living today to really understand what the blacks of the 1800s went through, black or white.

Now try imagine what the response from these racist blacks would be if the words above were said about a black manager hired to do an interpretive site about the plight of the Irish immigrants during the migration to the US during the potato famine.

Certainly the blacks had a unique experience due to racism in this country but nearly every ethnic group in the country also had to face some form of prejudice and degradation.

Until the blacks get rid of that Gibraltar sized chip on their shoulder they are not going to make progress and eliminate the disparities they face in their station in society.

9 posted on 09/17/2011 3:38:15 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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As long as it keeps them off the streets.

Do they have midnight seal bashing up there?


10 posted on 09/17/2011 3:40:17 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: rickmichaels

Yes, this ¨memorial¨ must be displayed in racial terms. No values at any time.


11 posted on 09/17/2011 3:59:28 PM PDT by onedoug (If)
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To: AbolishCSEU

“There are blacks in NB??!!”

My exact thoughts too. I figured the population of the Maritime provinces was pretty much white or First Nations.


12 posted on 09/17/2011 4:04:35 PM PDT by MplsSteve
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How could a white woman from Ontario be able to explain what we would go through growing up as a black person in Africville, facing the kind of racism and degradation the people had to live through?”

How could a Black man become President of the U.S.?
Black folks can’t have it both ways. How can you segregate while demanding desegregation? This is beyond hypocracy.


13 posted on 09/17/2011 4:07:42 PM PDT by marstegreg
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To: MplsSteve

This happened in Nova Scotia, not New Brunswick.


14 posted on 09/17/2011 4:13:04 PM PDT by rickmichaels
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Many of the blacks in Nova Scotia are descendants of slaves — but, their ancestors weren't slaves in Nova Scotia. They voluntarily immigrated from the U.S. via the Underground Railroad, or from the Caribbean. There are also a lot of more recent immigrants — many directly from Africa. Nova Scotians provided sanctuary. The blacks don't have any legitimate historical grievances with white Nova Scotians.
15 posted on 09/17/2011 4:23:53 PM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: tet68
Do they have midnight seal bashing up there?

And it's a challenge too! Ya can only see the little buggers when they smile.

16 posted on 09/17/2011 4:27:26 PM PDT by bigheadfred (But alas)
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and that Nixon's hiring ignored the sensitivities of some in the local black community.

"Sensitivities" = abject racism.

17 posted on 09/17/2011 4:33:11 PM PDT by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

I guess MLK Jr. had a footnote excepting Canada from his dream.

18 posted on 09/17/2011 4:39:00 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (So much stress was put on Bush's Fault that it finally let go, magnitude 6)
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And it’s a challenge too! Ya can only see the little buggers when they smile
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Hm, ‘Whatcha talkin bout Willis’?

Now THAT appears to be a double entendre


19 posted on 09/17/2011 4:52:21 PM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98) If govt involved, the more outlandish a scheme appears, the truer it probably is.)
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To: rickmichaels

Regardless of whether it was New Brunswick or Nova Scotia, it’s still one of the Maritime provinces. I never emphasized one over the other.

And that was the gist of previous post where I said...

“I figured the population of the Maritime provinces was pretty much white or First Nations.”


20 posted on 09/17/2011 4:57:51 PM PDT by MplsSteve
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