The not so Great Racism in Canada Thread

[Corndogger]

Originally Posted by someone123

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.

Education

Racial segregation in schools played out in different kinds of ways. In some places, there were separate school buildings designated as “negro schools.” In other places such as Hamilton and West Flamboro, students attended school in the same one-room schoolhouse but at separate times. If attending at the same time, they were relegated to different benches based on their race. In one vivid example of racially segregated schooling in Colchester, Ontario, Black and White students at Colchester School Section No.2 in 1888 are physically separated in a school photo.

Racial segregation in education was reinforced and maintained by Ontario’s provincial court system. Once racially segregated schools were established, the courts upheld the practice. Black children were refused admission to White schools when Black parents sued common school trustees.

Similar legislation was implemented in Nova Scotia in 1865. While amendments in 1884 stipulated that Black children could not be excluded from attending schools where they lived, racial segregation continued in some areas with high concentrations of Black residents such as Halifax. In other Nova Scotian communities such as Inglewood and Weymouth Falls, the practice of racially segregated schools persisted due to the realities of racial segregation of residential neighbourhoods. In extreme cases, Black children were denied any access to local public schools in towns such as Fundy and Guysborough County when no separate school existed. The original provisions of racial segregation in education remained law in Nova Scotia until 1950.

In response to the activism of Black parents, racially segregated schools in Ontario were gradually phased out. The last racially segregated school in Ontario, School Section No.11, closed in 1965 in Colchester, after newly elected MPP Leonard Braithwaite put forth a motion for the Separate Schools clause on segregated schools for Blacks to be officially removed from provincial education policy. The last racially segregated school in Nova Scotia closed in 1983 in Guysborough County.

Source: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/racial-segregation-of-black-people-in-canada