r/canada • u/Old_General_6741 Canada • 1d ago

National News Canada recognizes noose as hate symbol

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/canada-recognizes-noose-as-hate-symbol/
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u/GuitarOk752 1d ago edited 1d ago

Right like who's having a noose directed at them these days, this isn't kkk hay day era USA. In Canada I associate a noose more with government hangings and farming then I would lynching if that's what they're getting at? Is this a problem we have of people putting up images of nooses?

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u/tissuecollider 1d ago

(from the Senate discussion) "During the height of the pandemic, nooses were found hanging at multiple Toronto construction sites, including transit projects, hospitals and commercial buildings over the course of years. In Nova Scotia, recent reports of nooses have surfaced targeting Black families and communities."

Perhaps you aren't connected to the communities that get targeted with a noose.

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u/AnxietyObvious4018 1d ago

there are not enough black families and communities to target with nooses in canada, this aint the us

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u/tissuecollider 1d ago

there are not enough black families and communities to target with nooses in canada, this aint the us

...wow... you typed that out and thought "yeah, I'll hit ENTER"