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African Male

African Nova Scotian

What do you guys think about that though? Like do you guys, even just in terms of, I don’t know, it’s definitely different for men. I would assume that if something happened with like anyone…

I feel like I wouldn’t have a voice at all in this process. You know, just being, as he just mentioned, a black male, just my appearance, etc., I feel like my voice would totally…

Yeah, just, even looking at the anonymous allegations. Like, it says, it’s ambiguous- it says it can proceed in the absence of an identified complainant. I mean, in all reality, like the previous guys just…

Participant 1: If I had to go through with something like this, I’d probably, definitely feel embarrassed and, you know, not want to see anybody. My mental health would be shot. I know it’s probably…

Participant 1: Just as I was entering university, I would have had discussions with, you know, my parents like uncles, you know, with them being Black Nova Scotians- they wouldn’t have much faith in this…

You know how no one in the group was familiar with the policy- um, maybe giving it to us in a way that’s, you know, digestible and understandable for where we’re at, you know, our…

I know that the point there where it talks about […] the intersectionality- it just kind of just says, “this policy is meant to be, [intersectional],” you know? It just […] came off a box,…

Breaking the Silence: African Nova Scotian Perspectives

LearnRidge, 2021
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