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Warren Clarke, Assistant Professor, Anthropology, University of Manitoba

The colour of someone’s skin doesn't equate to definitive sameness

Seeing the Black experience as homogenous hurts the community. (Shutterstock)

Despite the highly publicized 2020 murder of George Floyd and subsequent calls for change, many people of non-African descent around the world have yet to consider the lasting impacts of anti-Black racism.

Anti-Black racism is rooted in the enslavement and historical experiences of people of African descent. It continues to harm Black people and communities, “othering” their existence while creating and maintaining tensions between non-Black and Black people.

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