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Podcast: Faytene TV
Episode: Journey To Africville with Crystal Lavallee and Veshone Cunningham
Description: Africville, a little community in Nova Scotia, comprised mostly Black Nova Scotians and existed from the early 1800s to the mid-1960s. It has become an important symbol of black Canadian identity and the struggles against racism, as many of its first settlers were former slaves fleeing oppression in the US. Some may feel that racism in Canada is a thing of the past but consider these stats: According to Statistics Canada, 58% of black people aged 15 and older reported experiencing race-based discrimination in the five years prior to Covid, an...