imagine how angry this would make you.

suppose you're a student in, let's say ghana. your parents tell you that the only way out of this shithole is through a scholarship, so you study as hard as you can, and manage to get a scholarship to go to university to study engineering in canada.

you're perhaps not expecting utopia, but you're there after being flown across the world because you were identified as an elite student.

so, imagine what it feels like, when you get there, to be told you're supposed to identify with the (formerly) enslaved class in the country next door, despite canada having no meaningful history of slavery, due solely to the colour of your skin. your told you should be happy you're not a slave. that would be as strong a punch to the gut as you could imagine.

let's be a little more explicit, because black history month is really anything but. black history month should be explicitly called african-american history month, because it deals with themes that are inherent to being american, rather than themes that are inherent to being black.

as mentioned, in canada, a black history month would simply not be very substantial. but, in a few generations time, black canadians will have a very different history to present, won't they?

jagmeet singh must cut his beard.