The Nova Scotian black community always remembered Viola Desmond - they didn't lose track of her, ever. Her memory was very much alive there, but the rest of us didn't know anything about her. It's just so typical of Canadians… — Constance Backhouse Copy Share Image
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… — Constance Backhouse Copy Share Image
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… — Constance Backhouse Copy Share Image
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… — Constance Backhouse Copy Share Image
We hide our racism. We just go on about our lives - may I say, white Canadians go on about their lives. African-Canadians understand… — Constance Backhouse Copy Share Image
The Nova Scotian black community always remembered Viola Desmond - they didn't lose track of her, ever. Her memory was very much alive there,… — Constance Backhouse Copy Share Image
