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The term BIPOC amalgamates distinct experiences of racism and colonialism and misses those that do not fit within one category, like individuals of mixed ancestry. (Shutterstock)

Why we should stop using acronyms like BIPOC

Michaela M. McGuire, Simon Fraser University

Acronyms like BIPOC can highlight the similar ways racism impacts different people. However, they can also gloss over the distinct experiences of communities.
On Don’t Call Me Resilient, we speak with Satwinder Bains, associate professor and director of the South Asian Studies Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley and Maneet Chahal, co-founder of Soch Mental Health. (Claudia Wolff)

Model minority blues — The mental health consequences of being a model citizen: Don’t Call Me Resilient EP 9 transcript

Ibrahim Daair, The Conversation and Vinita Srivastava, The Conversation

Recently, Statistics Canada revealed that South Asians reported lower levels of mental health than any other Canadians during the pandemic.
People take part in a rally against hate and confront the rising violence against Asian Americans at Columbus Park in New York, on March 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

As Asian Canadian scholars, we must #StopAsianHate by fighting all forms of racism

Cary Wu, York University, Canada; Abidin Kusno, York University, Canada; Ann H. Kim, York University, Canada; Carol Liao; Dennis Kao, Carleton University; Guida Man, York University, Canada; Hae Yeon Choo, University of Toronto; Jing Zhao, University of British Columbia; Min Zhou, University of Victoria; Muyang Li, York University, Canada; S. Harris Ali, York University, Canada; Sibo Chen, Toronto Metropolitan University; Sida Liu, University of Toronto; Weiguo Zhang, University of Toronto, and Zhifan Luo, McMaster University

Fifteen Asian academics discuss the roots of anti-Asian racism and limits of multiculturalism in Canada while charting a path forward.
Veronica Lopez, who has spina bifida, gets vaccinated at COVID-19 vaccination site at the East Los Angeles Civic Center in Los Angeles.  (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

COVID‑19 amplifies the complexity of disability and race

Karen Kume Yoshida, University of Toronto; Ann Fudge Schormans, McMaster University; Chavon Niles, University of Toronto, and Susan Mahipaul, Western University

Using an intersectional approach will help bring visibility to diverse disability communities and provide the support they need to be safe, recover and rebuild their lives.
A man meditates on the road by a police line as demonstrators protest on the section of 16th Street renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza, June 23, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

How to deal with the pain of racism — and become a better advocate: Don’t Call Me Resilient EP 2 transcript

Anowa Quarcoo, The Conversation; Ibrahim Daair, The Conversation, and Vinita Srivastava, The Conversation

This is the full transcript for Don’t Call Me Resilient, EP 2: How to deal with the pain of racism — and become a better advocate.
A woman waits for a streetcar in Toronto on April 16, 2020. The many Black people working in essential jobs do not have the luxury of staying home during the pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Coronavirus discriminates against Black lives through surveillance, policing and the absence of health data

Beverly Bain, University of Toronto; OmiSoore Dryden, Dalhousie University, and Rinaldo Walcott, University of Toronto

Black lives are further in peril in a time of COVID-19. Subject to death on both the public health and policing fronts, we will not be silent.

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  1. BIPOC
  2. Coronavirus
  3. COVID-19
  4. Critical race
  5. DCMR transcript
  6. Mental health
  7. Podcast transcript
  8. Race
  9. Racialized communities
  10. Racism

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