Beyond Pain and Outrage: Understanding and Addressing Anti‐Black Racism in Canada

Jean-Pierre, Johanne; James, Carl E.

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“…It is in this context that during the Fall of 2019, the Canadian Sociological Association initiated a process to examine actions pertaining to anti‐Black racism with the formation of a working group led by Carl James, Carlo Handy Charles, and Dr. Alana Butler. This working group proposed the creation of a Black caucus and reiterated that Canadian sociologists should further unpack and address anti‐Black racism (Jean‐Pierre & James, 2020). Thus, during the summer of 2020, Black sociologists organized to form the Black Caucus, which was formally recognized by the CSA Executive on June 10, 2021.…”

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Building solidarity: The founding of the Canadian Sociological Association (CSA) black caucus

Jean-Pierre

Butler

Jasor

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Canadian Review of Sociology

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Blackness is a diasporic identity and exists globally in the power of community-building and organizing. Blackness transcends nationalism and internationalism with a strength derived from solidarity rooted in a shared social-political consciousness. Yet, despite the popularity of Black organizational spaces globally, the Canadian Sociological Association (CSA) had no such group before 2020. Most mainstream Canadian scholarly associations did not have such a group either. Sociology, one of the disciplines charged with the theorization of race and ethnicity in society, had no collective voice for Black scholars in Canada. We changed that. We are building upon the work of Black sociologists W.E.B. du Bois, Ruth D. Peterson, C.L.R. James and that of Canadians such as Agnes Calliste, and Wilson Head. This essay presents the mandate for the CSA Black Caucus, its history and foundational moments, and its goals for the future of Black sociology in Canada.A series of national and international events have led to the creation of the CSA Black Caucus. The emergence of Black Lives Matter, a recent iteration of Black advocacy, draws attention to racism in the criminal justice system while building upon a rich tradition of resistance to enslavement, segregation, and racial discrimination (Calliste, 1996;Cooper, 2007Cooper, , 2016Small & Thornhill, 2008). The racial profiling of Black graduate student Shelby McPhee in 2019 at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, held at the University of British Columbia, instigated nationallevel discussions about the need for institutional change in academia (CBC, 2019). The May 25, 2020 murder of George Floyd by a White police officer resulted in global and broader awareness of anti-Black racism. Meanwhile, several post-secondary institutions and scholarly associations publicly pledged to engage in a process of critical self-examination to meaningfully address anti-Black

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Building solidarity: The founding of the Canadian Sociological Association (CSA) black caucus

Jean-Pierre

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Jasor

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Canadian Review of Sociology

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“…Systemic racism and discrimination are embedded in Canadian society. Previous researchers (Das Gupta, 2009; Jean‐Pierre & James, 2020; Mullings et al, 2016) found that systemic racism exists in Canadian institutions including academic and healthcare settings. According to Jones (2002), racism is defined as a system of structuring opportunity and assigning value based on phenotype (race) that unfairly disadvantages some individuals and communities while unfairly advantages other individuals and communities.…”

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“…Researchers in Canada (Das Gupta, 2009; Etowa & Hyman, 2021; Jean‐Pierre & James, 2020; Mullings et al, 2016; Salami et al, 2020), the United Kingdom (Allan et al, 2009; Larsen, 2007; Likupe, 2015; Nicholas & Campbell, 2019) and the United States (Iheduru‐Anderson, 2020a, 2020b, 2021; Snyder & Schwartz, 2019; Truitt & Snyder, 2020) have reported systemic racism in their countries. Systemic racism and discrimination have profound impacts on the mental health of Black people including nurses of colour (Doyle et al, 2017; Hall & Fields, 2015; Nicholas & Campbell, 2019).…”

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Tackling discrimination and systemic racism in academic and workplace settings

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Racism against Black people, Indigenous and other racialized people continues to exist in healthcare and academic settings. Racism produces profound harm to racialized people. Strategies to address systemic racism must be implemented to bring about sustainable changes in healthcare and academic settings. This quality improvement initiative provides strategies to address systemic racism and discrimination against Black nurses and nursing students in Ontario, Canada.It is part of a broader initiative showcasing Black nurses in action to end racism and discrimination. We have found that people who have experienced racism need healing, support and protection including trauma-related services to facilitate their healing. Implementing multi-level, multi-pronged interventions in workplaces will create healthy work environments for all members of society, especially Black nurses who are both clients/patients and providers of healthcare.

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“…Canadian researchers (Cooper Brathwaite et al, 2022; Etowa & Hyman, 2021; Jean-Pierre & James, 2020) have found that systemic racism exists in Canadian institutions. Racism is defined as a system “encompassing economic, political, social, and cultural structures, actions, and beliefs that systematize and perpetuate an unequal distribution of privileges, resources, and power among White people and People of Colour” (DiAngelo, 2012, p. 3).…”

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Building Solidarity with Black Nurses to Dismantle Systemic and Structural Racism in Nursing

Brathwaite

Varsailles

Haynes

2022

Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice

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Systemic and structural racism in nursing have profound impacts on Black People, Indigenous Peoples, and People of Color. They contributed to underrepresentation in faculty, senior nurse executives, and presidents’ positions in academic and healthcare organizations, physical and mental health issues in racialized groups. This quality improvement study described ways in which the Black Nurses Task Force of the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario can build solidarity with nursing and government organizations to dismantle systemic and structural racism in nursing. This study used a structured online survey, comprised of quantitative and qualitative questions. The qualitative data were analyzed using interpretative thematic analysis and the quantitative data were analyzed with descriptive statistics. Findings showed that 88% of participants experienced racism and 63% said racism affected their mental health. Three themes emerged from the qualitative data: Social support for Black nurses, accountability of leaders and solidarity with Black nurses. These findings demonstrated the urgent need to dismantle systemic and structural racism in nursing.

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Beyond Pain and Outrage: Understanding and Addressing Anti‐Black Racism in Canada

Cited by 10 publications

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Building solidarity: The founding of the Canadian Sociological Association (CSA) black caucus

Building solidarity: The founding of the Canadian Sociological Association (CSA) black caucus

Tackling discrimination and systemic racism in academic and workplace settings

Building Solidarity with Black Nurses to Dismantle Systemic and Structural Racism in Nursing

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