prejudice
Halloween doesn’t excuse violence or prejudice
November 2, 2023By: Michelle Young, Opinions Editor Content warning: mentions of racialized violence, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, sexual harassment, and Islamophobia. The season of ghosts, pumpkins, and candy is upon us. While its roots are quite different from what we know today, Halloween is associated with dressing up and indulging in “scary” things — witches, spirits, and horror films. However, there are specific prejudices and insensitivities that seem to show up during Halloween under the guise of being frightening, and therefore, in the spirit of the holiday. Just because it’s Halloween, doesn’t mean you get to break out the…
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Greek life is as bad as the movies — if not worse
February 21, 2021by Kyla Dowling, Staff Writer Greek life — composed of exclusive social organizations like fraternities and sororities — tends to get a bad rap. Often in entertainment media, sororities are portrayed as a hivemind of shallow, catty girls. Likewise, fraternities…
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Anti-Indigenous racism in healthcare should have been addressed years ago
July 5, 2020By: Nicole Magas, Opinions Editor There are a lot of conversations going on right now about the issue of over-policing and ongoing police brutality in Canada — particularly against Black and Indigenous folks. While this issue is important and absolutely needs…
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The beauty standard for fairer and lighter skin in India has grown deep and unfair
October 21, 2018Written by: Jasleen Bains, SFU Student I grew up watching light-skinned Indian actresses and models on television, believing that my darker skin made me subordinate. Comments I received throughout those years — don’t play outside in the sun too much;…
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Unveiling Canada’s Islamophobia
November 23, 2015[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t’s late Monday evening. Two white men, one with a beard and one without, stand a few persons ahead of me in a Starbucks line on campus. Eyes flashing, lips curled into smirks, hushed voices speaking through stifled laughter. “Dude,…
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Why Canada is not the world’s most tolerant country
November 16, 2015Recently, the Legatum Institute in London published the Prosperity Index ranking the world’s top countries within psychosocial categories. Of these, Canada topped the list as most tolerant toward minorities. As interesting as the attempt to quantify factors like tolerance may…
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Canada’s first Prime Minister shouldn’t be on the $10 bill
September 8, 2015Have you ever held a crisp new bill straight from the ATM and asked yourself, what would I have to do to get myself on one of these? The answer is really quite simple: if you come from a background…
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