Montreal’s West Island takes a knee in continued fight against racism
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A group of Montreal West Island residents gathered at a Valois Park in Pointe Claire park Sunday to address a problem they say is still pervasive in that part of the city.
A group of Montreal West Island residents gathered at a Valois Park in Pointe Claire park Sunday to address a problem they say is still pervasive in that part of the city and elsewhere.
Their aim is to keep the conversation going about racism.
Among them was 14 year-old Nicolas Melnikov who said he only found out about slavery in Canada recently and it made him upset.
“There was (African) enslavement here in Canada since 1628, I think,” he stated as he tried to recall the exact year.
In fact the earliest recorded evidence of enslaved Africans was 1629.
The teen said that discovery and also finding out about Indian Residential Schools is why he and his sister Sofia Maria, 11, took part in an event. They want to help raise public awareness about the history of racism in this country.
“I think it’ll spread the word and make people realize that different things are going,” she said, “and we’re not learning about it in our history books.”
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