Virtual Café by YouthREX | Nicole | Activity https://cafe.youthrex.com/members/nicole/activity/ Activity feed for Nicole. Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:30:40 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.21.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 dfe80ae4caea860e0f5375d8fdfa5db3 Nicole replied to the discussion Practical Ideas On Ways To Affirm The Identity Of The Black Community in the forum Centering Black Youth Wellbeing https://cafe.youthrex.com/communities/centering-black-youth-wellbeing/forum/discussion/practical-ideas-on-ways-to-affirm-the-identity-of-the-black-community/#post-2951 Sun, 12 Nov 2023 15:34:46 -0500 Reply to Practical Ideas On Ways To Affirm The Identity Of The Black Community

I found going through the courses in this certificate to be affirming-as workers in this space we are a part of the community as well, and it was great to be refreshed on some areas of knowledge and learn completely new concepts and history. Sometimes just by way of being Black it is expected that we should know what to do or say-and sometimes…

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]]> 738d4fa7d4191025c49bf28ee7538842 Nicole replied to the discussion Why is anti-Black racism still a problem in Ontario? in the forum Centering Black Youth Wellbeing https://cafe.youthrex.com/communities/centering-black-youth-wellbeing/forum/discussion/why-is-anti-black-racism-still-a-problem-in-ontario/page/8/#post-2941 Tue, 07 Nov 2023 20:08:37 -0500 Reply to Why is anti-Black racism still a problem in Ontario?

I think the point made in the lecture about cognitive dissonance plays heavily into why anti-black racism is still an issue-Canadians have a very strong self (and international) perception of being peaceful, tolerant and progressive-how could we be anti-black racists? Add on the layer of comparison to racism in the US and it can be very hard…

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