The Vancouver Black Therapy & Advocacy Fund raises funds to connect Black community members with accredited Black counsellors and therapists locally. At Bakau, we’re no strangers to the importance of mental health supports and advocacy. This summer, we are supporting their efforts with a pledge to raise $2,000 and will match donations up to this goal amount.
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CW: Anti-Asian violence, misogyny, sexual violence, gun violence, death.
Discussing March 16, 2021 is a balancing act. It means navigating the ways in which we are socially conditioned to articulate racism, misogyny, classism, and our hatred for sex workers, while also acknowledging individual accountability, culpability and agency. Put bluntly: six Asian women were killed because of our collective reticence to admit just how bad our racism and misogyny is, and just how deeply rooted it is in our society. It isn’t simply because someone had a “bad day”.
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Van Black Library’s proposal is just what you’d imagine - a Library ran by Black organizers, dedicated for Black and BIPOC community members.
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In an industry where we are often isolated or unsupported, entrusting the additional labour of enforcing mask mandates and vaccine passports on hospitality staff creates additional risks to one’s physical and mental health.
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In terms of American history, Shakespeare is not something that is inherently synonymous with Black culture. Shakespeare was/is actually held over the heads of Black bodies as an omnipotent text that isn’t suitable for our voices. This reading exists to cease that narrative.
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When it comes to the film and TV industry, many people likely assume that all kinds of hair textures are welcomed and celebrated. Unfortunately, that is not the case. The sector often says that they are ready to do better in diversity and inclusion, but the reality for Black people on the ground, working as actors, stunt doubles and background artists, is a story of exclusion and discrimination.
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Is it not a perseverance of white supremacy that we question PoC-led anti-racism training rather than questioning the inability of white people to listen, learn and change?
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A DEI-inspired critique of Rachael Kirkconnell’s statement that she blames no one but herself for acts of racism.
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The project was commissioned by Bakau as part of their Unlearning Anti-Blackness workshop. The vision of the film came from Cicely, who wanted a video for their Racial Justice workshop. The idea is that the film will help participants elevate their understanding of what anti-Blackness and microaggressions look like in the workplace.
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Canada has prided itself on multicultural values for years; it is both in written legislature and in public imaginary that Canada is a nation where various cultural and ethnic groups supposedly live together in harmony and constant celebration of one another. While the idea of instituting multiculturalism into the fabric of the country seems like an important step towards a more inclusive country, it can fall short in addressing some of the systemic issues of injustice that exist in Canada.
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