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> [We hide our racism. We just go on about our lives - may I say, white Canadians go on about their lives. African-Canadians understand racism, Indigenous Canadians understand racism: they see it all the time, they live with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/constance-backhouse/we-hide-our-racism-we-just-go-on-about-our-lives-may-i-say-white/)

[Constance Backhouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/constance-backhouse/)

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## More by Constance Backhouse

> [It's so Canada. On some level, you laugh, but on another level, it's just depressing. We pride ourselves: We're not like the bad old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/constance-backhouse/it-s-so-canada-on-some-level-you-laugh-but-on-another-level-it-s-just/)

[Constance Backhouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/constance-backhouse/)

> [White people are so unappreciative, they don't even acknowledge and understand what it means to be white in Canada, and all the layers of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/constance-backhouse/white-people-are-so-unappreciative-they-don-t-even-acknowledge-and/)

[Constance Backhouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/constance-backhouse/)

> [I found Viola Desmond was the first woman whose case was taken up in the courts, and it wasn't that she tried to sue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/constance-backhouse/i-found-viola-desmond-was-the-first-woman-whose-case-was-taken-up-in/)

[Constance Backhouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/constance-backhouse/)

> [We hide our racism. We just go on about our lives - may I say, white Canadians go on about their lives. African-Canadians understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/constance-backhouse/we-hide-our-racism-we-just-go-on-about-our-lives-may-i-say-white/)

[Constance Backhouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/constance-backhouse/)

> [The Nova Scotian black community always remembered Viola Desmond - they didn't lose track of her, ever. Her memory was very much alive there,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/constance-backhouse/the-nova-scotian-black-community-always-remembered-viola-desmond-they/)

[Constance Backhouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/constance-backhouse/)

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