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 them for throwing her out of the theatre; it was that they took the law and… — 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
