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A compelling documentary, thank you. Why is it that black people continue to be so demonised and de-humanised? It is such a shame that follow Asians and even American Natives play such a role in perpetuating racism against African descent people, but I guess they have their issues of identity. Real shame nonetheless, but one thing at the time, we still have a bigger hurdle to overcome.\n \nOf course, it is still not easy to be a black woman, man or child today. Sadly our mothers are still crying for their children being killed or overly punished by the police institution, our kids are still targeted if not simply despised for being beautiful, bright, talented, lively and brilliant beings with deeper skin tonalities, and hair that speaks for us otherwise. It is still dangerous because there is so much hatred across the world against us as we are coming to understand. And hatred is unpredictable. It comes in different ugly shapes. \n\nAfrican descent people are institutionally exposed to a lack of opportunities based on race, leading to the disproportionate poverty levels in our communities, and poverty brings your far closer to crime. That should not be so difficult to calculate. We're faced with higher mortality and disease rates, covid 19 has rubbed that to our eyes, care systems medical world is in less favour and neglect black communities. On a day-to-day, I am so insulted about the security guard that follows me in the shop, it is so disrespectful and embarrassing, that makes me move suspiciously indeed, yet so low and ignorant I don't even want to have to confront the issue. \n\nI agree with the writer who writes about his experience (and shame?) of being a black man in Canada- the same is institutionally reflected in Europe and across the world let's not be naive, we're not welcome but they should know they have no choice. I believe what he really is trying to express is based on the fear of being a black man in a hostile environment, but we should certainly have nothing to be ashamed of. \n\nOn contrary, we should be very proud because we are still here, like any other citizens paying our taxes and playing positive roles in society by major. We have positive role models are everywhere, from the single mother raising her children with force and determination to the black father who teaches at a local school, from the black girl who's achieved top grades to university to the black young man who's been headhunted from the medical school. And all of us who are just trying. \n\nLook closely. While the media will continue to do its good job demonising and stereotyping us negatively, let's not forget that we are real people with real accomplishments who have always made impactful contributions to society. \n\nHere's the thing, we are admired, loved and celebrated because of the brilliance, talent, charisma, swag and wealth we bring to contemporary culture. Everyone consumes black culture, from the filler lip service to the quick fix tan, from rock and roll to hip hop and RnB music, to sports athletes to the amazing creators out there, no need to mention names. But, we also are doctors, politicians, judges nurses, waiters, carers, scientists, builders, bankers, entrepreneurs, employees or unemployed. \n\nSadly on a day-to-day, we are not viewed as equal people, with equal rights and needs, who, by large, just want the good for our children, our families, neighbours and indeed countries. STOP INSTITUTIONAL RACISM. We are real mothers, real fathers, real children who have a birthright to equal treatment, respect and human dignity, whether or not you choose to disagree.

Even if action was taken against the systemic racism against the blacks and natives not only would it still exist but there would still be significant racism towards immigrants and any other visible minority indeed that racism would be literally unchanged. The best we can hope for is to continually bring racism to light. The fight against racism never ends.

Systemic racism is not made only to the blacks, indian, french, and others. Brtish was a stratified society. And tgey divided to control. We still have apartheid against native in canada

Oppression of a race is ofcourse unacceptable, But it is made to seem that racism is worse now than decades before, like when blacks were forced to sit in the back of the bus, and native kids were put in residential schools, Such things i think were real forms of systemic racism, i am not saying that racism does still not exist anymore, It clearly does. Changes were made so no mattter what back ground you come from your believes and traditions must be accepted as part of a multicultural people in north america. But if you only focus on the mistakes of the past, and blame the sons and daughters for the sins of thier fathers, It will only drive in a nail into an invisible wall of indifference and bring true forms of rasism back!!!

The result is being native is much harder than being black in Canada!

i am native american/irish my best friends were the black basket ball players they defend me anytime.

I thought blacks had it bad but Leeland I can't believe Natives experience this as well!

My son worked at Superstore and he said it was 90% Natives stealing and being caught for shoplifting. Women with carts full of groceries surrounded by little kids as shields trying to walk out without paying. And when they were stopped they shouted “racism”! You make your own bed, ppl don’t get these “prejudices” from thin air. And I wonder what those little kids watching their parents steal will do?...give me a break snowflakes! And I wonder what faces the black guy would prefer? A Chinese store owner will watch the black guy and the native too, are the Chinese racists??

Theres no racism here in Canada. Only with blacks, asians, and natives. But thats it!

I live next to a shoppers drug mart and I see natives stealing and walking out without even hiding things and shoppers can’t do a damn thing about it. Never seen a black guy or a white guy do it but many natives, mostly stealing mouthwash. Cops don’t bother showing up unless it gets violent

Dressed in all black, carrying the bag the way he did, ya, I would have done the same. Because he appears to look like someone trying to steal. Not because he is native American

She said she grew up in a small whyte dominate Canadian town... How I wish... Black and Native people could have their own small towns... Without hateful wypipo coming and destroying them... How I wish!

Funny im from deh vi st.croix usvi family puerto rican im from deh vi where my brothers n sister come from we are mix black n brown still we go to deh us or where ever they still look at us as thief or up to no good lucky we know our constitution white name is not true cause they from Europe first peeps in amerikka is native get it straight peeps is in deh history books we are all from deh same peeps adam n eve n yet we fail n discriminate others either by color or wealth think before u open ur mind or mouth just saying jah love everyone with a good heart n mind

I feel that most people really watch the native guy because he seems sketchy bc he really believes the world hates him. The black guy seems like he is content and does get mistreated at first due to stereotypes but his presentation seems like that will weed off any first thoughts

The white guy always went first, that's probably the only reason why he got better treatment.\nThe property managers were more exhausted after dealing with the white guy, so they had less time, energy and patience to deal with the black and native guys.\nAlso supply and demand, if you already have one or two guys interested in the place, it increases the value, and price of the place for the next guys.\n\nAs for surveilling people in stores, blacks and natives probably walk around with less confidence and security, because they're subconsciously expecting whites to follow them, and whites subconsciously pick up on their lack of confidence and insecurity and follow them, that's probably the only reason they get followed, or asked questions.

How come the black guy wasn't shown getting apartments? Obviously you guys cut that because it destroyed your narrative. And that white dude is 10 times better looking than that native guy with pockmarked cheeks, not to mention close to a foot taller.

NO worries the Most High will turn the Tables soon. So-called blacks, hispanics and natives americans are the TRUE Children Of Israel. This Heathen world will soon realize the amount of damage they have cost the Most Hight CHOSEN people by shame and guilt, yes! It shall over take thee.

So the native guy has a preference to White European ..wow that's interesting especially with the history between Europeans and natives and the fact that blacks have never done anything to the native population...

Moving to Vancouver was a great experience tbh, I'm of nigerian heritage but was born in Finchley, North London...\nCanadians are friendly and extremely welcoming ( Coming from the UK i found this so off-putting ) lol. Ironically its non-white Canadians i had funny experiences with.... from dating to renting its weird\n\n\nAsians under 27 always asking some crazy questions ( Are you an NBA player ) lol it's cute at first but after a while when little koreans walk up to me talking about ( You look like will smith ) it makes you think... To be fair these are not inherent negatives, But asian canadians alone did treat me weird i found, Indian girls i met all wanted to be with me but where also very ashamed to say so or let their family know, but thats a cultural thing so i understood.\n\n\n Of all the demographics White canadian and native men where the most welcoming and open to me, in my experience.. White women of-course where cool too but that does not really count, especially as a good looking black guy with an accent LOOL you know how that goes!! My Tinder and Bumble were obscene LMAO\n\nRenting from asians while black and Male!? is almost impossible!!! Except they think you have rich parents!! Its impossible in Van unless you are an Arab exchange student lol \nArab and Persian students studying english have no issues renting in Vancouver, for some reason!!\n\nI lived out the St. Regis downtown for a month, Looking for places to rent, i had seen so many places online and filled out applications but never got call backs, asides from 2 group showings i went to, i could not even set up a viewing with the apartment building i wanted... \n\nTill i met an african girl in school, and she told me something i found completely crazy.\nShe told me to make a new e-mail addy and to use my English name when i e-mail, then set up a viewing but to show up with a white friend preferably a girl and that if the owner is asian, i should look around, and offer to pay 6months upfront before they get a chance to ask what i did for work or whether i was a student or not LOL. Needless to say, i did what she said and It worked the asian lady asked me to come get the keys later that day. Its just life, as a property owner they really just wanna size you up, not fair and kind of pathetic but its not inherently evil...

The native indian faces racism but he still favors whites over blacks. Blacks can trust no other minorities. They all feel bad and aspires to be white and would betray blacks every time. Even blacks discriminate against blacks when they are in authorative positions. Ann still would want to be with whites over blacks.

Im a native and its werid to see another native prefer Europeans....that goes against what our ancestors fought for... Majority of so called blacks helped us in the fight against then when they took our lands but yet you prefer them.... How does that work?

Hate, that is all that is coming from the anti immigration lobby. They hate the Latinos because they represent the ancestors that were the real founders of America, the Native Americans. They were the Mayans, Incas, Aztecs, and North American Tribes. The truth is those who label themselves as 'real Americans' just live in fear and denial of the basic fact that their European ancestors murdered and pillaged these people into poverty. Their gold stolen, land invaded, and women raped; the three main talking points that are used against these people just wanting a better life. America is a melting pot, get over it because this hate is just the pot calling the kettle black; hypocrisy at its finest.

No body told that black man not to date native women . He's been lying this whole segment

My family owns real estate and we're of Asian descent. I can say that we racially profiled every single applicant for our rental units. The first thing we look at in choosing a tenant is race, and the second is income/cash reserves. We've had Natives and blacks come in to take a look, and immediately rejected without outright saying so. We only rent to East Asians, some South Asians, and most Whites.

So far I think the most important Pareto of this are the test results around 14 mins. The white guy preferred white, the native guy preferred white but black folks had little 2 know bias. I just believe it’s important 2 analyze more of this.

Does not compare to begin native. You people could leave and live anywhere as a black people, but for us first nation people this is it this is our land that is stolen that every people in the world wants to live on. Black rights get created while natives rights keep getting violated. Don't get me wrong treating anyone bad is an act of evil but for some reason it seams that everyone will eventually get there rights except first nation people.

I find it strange they didn't want to include an indian with a turban or some lady in a hijab but they stuck to the traditional minorities black, native canadian and a white guy.

NATIVES AND BLACKS HAVE IT HARD EVERYWHERE ! CANADA IS JUST AS RACIST AS U.S.A

Man the natives get it the worst here, this coming from a black man's stand point. C'mon Canada you can do better.

Racism in Canada may be subtle but it is economic and systematic especially towards natives and black people. As an Asian immigrant, many people in my community discriminates against black people especially interracial dating. My mom have this friend where his daughter is dating a black guy. She was so upset for some absurd and very stupid reason.

The funny thing is it is always a black or native guy that is doing the running in the video

Try been Native in Canada...lol yet Blacks think they get it worst then Natives in Canada? LOL bitch please try surviving Residential school which was closed down in 1995 remember folks slavery end in 1865 do the math...

Seems like Blacks would make the best judges. \n\nAlso, in terms of getting asked where you are from, I think that's a lack of initiative on our part as minorities. We should be the ones asking back white people where THEY're from instead of just assuming they're natives. Who knows, Louis CK was a Mexican.

I'd just read many of the comments on here and wtf are you people smokin'? Whatever it is, you got some bad stash. Time to face reality. We are all human. We all have religions or spirituality. We may be different, but we are still intrinsically cut from the same block. So cut the paranoid crapola. Live together in peace as God instructed ALL of you to do. Don't buy into Government propagated paranoia over any one set of people. Here in America, it was anti native American, then anti black, then Anti Irish, now that those two groups are accepted it's anti-muslim. Meanwhile the native Americans are still Native Americans, the black people are still black and the Irish are still Irish and nothing has changed but public attitude. Don't let the media tell you what to think. Don't be afraid of what you don't understand. Educate yourself on what is real. What is Islam. Who are Arabs. And for God's sake stop being SHEEPLE!