The not so Great Racism in Canada Thread

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It's actually not a very good summary. It's a bunch of examples that are chosen to prove a point but don't establish norms in any geographical areas or periods.

The point about geographically segregated towns in NS is more or less circular (i.e. it's only a black community if it is geographically segregated). These towns were set up as land grants for black immigrants to the province, mostly in the 1700's and early 1800's. Black people did not have to live in those towns and many lived in the city too.

It was completely normal for a group immigrating to NS 200 years ago to get a land grant somewhere that would result in a village or small town of people who all had the same background, e.g. the ship Hector lands in Pictou and starts a town of Scots. Lincolnville NS is not "just outside Halifax", it's a 2 hour 40 minute drive. It is true that the land granted to black people was often poor and isolated, but in the case of Lincolnville the grant happened in 1784. Lincolnville appears to consist of around 15 houses.