Published 3 years ago

As a Muslim and a teacher, I hope to be part of the change needed to overcome racism and hatred

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Aysha Yaqoob's family immigrated to Canada when she was three-years-old. She says they quickly discovered that talk of multiculturalism and inclusion was hollow. They confronted racial slurs and were told to go back to their own country. Aysha says her own experience of school may have been different had she been able to see a teacher that looked like her.

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FIRST PERSON | As a Muslim and a teacher, I hope to be part of the change needed to overcome racism and hatred

I was in kindergarten when I discovered that I was brown. I had always known about — and been proud of — my culture, but it took a white peer to take one look at me and utter “dirty skin” for me to understand the realities of living in Canada as a racialized person.

3 years ago·Canada

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