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Introduction Universities often present themselves as progressive, multicultural spaces committed to diversity and inclusion. Yet for many racialized students, campus life is marked by subtle forms of exclusion, cultural isolation, and institutional practices that reinforce whiteness. Universities as White-Coded Spaces Oftentimes universities normalize white cultural norms in subtle ways. Institutionalized whiteness informs everything from how classrooms function to who appea

Introduction Wealth is not only something individuals earn, but something accumulated (or withheld) across generations. For racialized and Indigenous communities, intergenerational wealth transfer has been repeatedly disrupted by policies designed to break the chain of ownership, land security, and long-term financial security. This post will build on those ideas by examining how land theft, legal barriers, and structural exclusion continue to shape wealth inquality even toda

Introduction The relationship between the environment and race is a complex one. It's a subtle form of racism, based on systemic inequity embedded in Canada's history. This post examines how climate change intensifies racial and colonial disparities, placing racialized communities as the frontlines of environmental disasters. While environmental racism has historical roots, the acceleration of climate change has created a new level of inequality: who is displaced, who breathe

Introduction Disparities in education and employment in Canada reveal how deeply racism can shape people's lives. To better understand these inequities, it's important to look at how early school experiences (like early streaming and teacher expectations) set students on unequal trajectories long before the workforce. Viewed through this lens, a clear pattern emerges: inequality is not made up of isolated moments, but a continuous pipeline that begins in elementary school and

Introduction Standardized testing is often framed as a neutral, objective measure of merit. It's a tool used to sort, compare, and select the "best" students. On the surface, standardized testing seems to be an objective measure of a student's abilities, but the more I researched this topic, the more flaws were revealed. Our class materials hint at its history, especially through discussions of eugenics and racialized claims about intelligence, but digging beyond the course r