Black belonging

Dr. Debra Thompson lectures on Black belonging in North America

By: Yelin Gemma Lee, News Writer On February 17, Dr. Debra Thompson presented, “Homegoing: Blackness and Belonging Across the Canada/US Border,” at the Harbour Event Centre. She is the second guest speaker in SFU department of history’s annual public lecture series.  Her lecture focused on Black belonging and comparative race politics between US and Canada. “I’ve spent the past 15 years thinking about the comparative politics of race, especially between Canada and the United States, but I’ve spent the past 40 years living in this body,” said Thompson. “Black History Month for me is Black past, present, and future, every…

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