Viola Desmond is not Canada’s Rosa Parks

Viola Desmond is not Canada’s Rosa Parks

Renee Martin. By Renee Martin
Renee Martin lives in Canada and writes the famous Womanist Musings blog. She is as interested in socio-political issues as she is in television.

Rosa Parks became an international name when she refused to give her seat to a White person on the bus. Her refusal to move sparked the Montgomery Bus boycott, which ignited the 1960’s African-American civil rights movement. Many years before Mrs. Parks courageous action, a 30 year old African Canadian woman would take a similar stance against segregation but her name is not as well known either globally or in her country of origin – Canada. Continue Reading »

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Feature Writer. By Feature Writer
Mór Rígan

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Nasser Ali Khasawneh. By Nasser Ali Khasawneh
& Dima Sari

The spirit of Arab Renaissance still exists and is capable of making a major comeback.

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“I’m a juvenile product of the working class whose best friend floats in the bottom of a glass.”

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Feature Writer. By Feature Writer
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The Commons enterprise feels bewildering.

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Feature Writer. By Feature Writer
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The media excitement over this contest is more than slightly fraudulent.