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[contemplative orchestral music] David austin: In the 1950s and '60s, There's no other place that I can think of In which you have a large concentration of people From the pan caribbean, Alongside black canadians Whose families had lived in quebec going back generations. So then it's in canada That you have the convergence
of caribbean nationalism And the freedom struggle, And the black canadian civil rights struggle. And the two things kind of coincide. [contemplative orchestral music] Rodney john: I came here as a west indian. So when I came here, It was understood that
canada was a white country
of caribbean nationalism And the freedom struggle, And the black canadian civil rights struggle. And the two things kind of coincide. [contemplative orchestral music] Rodney john: I came here as a west indian. So when I came here, It was understood that
canada was a white country
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[contemplative orchestral music]
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David austin:
In the 1950s and '60s,
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There's no other place
that I can think of
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In which you have a large
concentration of people
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From the pan caribbean,
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Alongside black canadians
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Whose families had lived in
quebec going back generations.
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So then it's in canada
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That you have the convergence
of caribbean nationalism
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And the freedom struggle,
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And the black canadian
civil rights struggle.
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And the two things
kind of coincide.
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[contemplative orchestral music]
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Rodney john:
I came here as
a west indian.
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So when I came here,
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It was understood that
canada was a white country.
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Movie Summary
Interviews to narrate the long history of anti-black racism in Canada, including police brutality and the rise of hip-hop music.
