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Why These Five "Solutions" Won't End Rape Culture

Anupreet Sandhu Bhamra | Posted 04.24.2013 | Canada Living
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Anupreet Sandhu Bhamra

Last month, I wrote how patriarchy and racism give birth to rape culture, not a drunk woman or her miniskirt. But it is baffling to see the dialogue outside of these platforms going off on a tangent, in random directions. This needs to stop, now. Here are five "solutions" that aren't stopping rape culture.

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Canada's First Racial Discrimination Trial

Rachel Décoste | Posted 04.22.2013 | Canada
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Rachel Décoste

It is oft-implied that the United States had segregation while Canada was above this racial retardment. Hollywood movies dramatize the plight of Afric...

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No Dogs and Jews Allowed

Bernie Farber | Posted 07.12.2012 | Canada Politics
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Bernie Farber

In cottage country, and even on Toronto's beaches up to the mid 1950s, it was common to see signs that read "No Dogs or Jews Allowed." Though we, as a nation, have made great strides in the name of human rights for all, we cannot be complacent. There cannot be justice for Jews if there is not justice for everyone.

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