05 July 2016

Political Movements: Black Lives Matter at Pride Toronto 2016

 CBC News's post.

"The parade re-started after Mathieu Chantelois, the executive director of Pride Toronto, signed a document with the group's demands.
Some of the other demands Chantelois agreed to are that the parade will no longer have police floats, and the organization will hold a public town hall with groups such as Black Lives Matter Toronto within six months."
The group said it is challenging what it called "Pride's anti-blackness."

Members of the Black Lives Matter Toronto group briefly halted the Pride parade today, holding up the marching for about 30 minutes. The parade re-started after…
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 https://twitter.com/BLM_TO/status/749754649951948800

“Apparently to some, our demands are "too radical/divisive." Look for yourselves fam #BlackPride”
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 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/.../article30746157/...

By pretending that Toronto is just another racist hellhole, the protest group does not create a useful forum for…
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https://youtu.be/YSX0CTChBXE

Black Lives Matter Toronto, which was invited by Pride Toronto, brought the procession to…
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"To be clear, we said, 'No floats. No police floats,'" Khan said. "But we have no desire to police the police in terms of whether they should actually be there or not when they're LGBTQ-identified."http://www.cbc.ca/.../black-lives-matter-pride-protest-1...

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Black Lives Matter - Toronto
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"If I had lost that moment, I would have been hurt because that's when I saw the world change for me and my people.
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 13April2010 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8wXYAWu-ho...#

Having always listened to the words of Pride Toronto, on Tuesday April 13, 2010,…
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