That shyt looked super stressful
Did anyone actually get shot?
2 men injured.
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2 men injured.
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Okay, at least no one was killed
Goddamn it’s gonna be a wild summer a lot of nikkas gonna get merked
And expect lots of wrong identity shootings smhOkay, at least no one was killed
Goddamn it’s gonna be a wild summer a lot of nikkas gonna get merked
Dudes are so reckless..
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you when them nikkas discovered what was inside they were like..
Who was Henry Dundas and why do two cities no longer want to honour his memory?
© Wikimedia Commons Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville PC and Baron Dunira (28 April 1742 – 28 May 1811) was a Scottish lawyer and politician.
Henry Dundas is the latest target in the domino line of historical figures toppled by a reckoning of anti-Black racism.
In Toronto, an online petition calling for Dundas Street to be renamed had garnered thousands of signatures on Wednesday.
In Edinburgh, Scotland, a descendant of Henry Dundas has urged the city council to make changes to a statue of the historical figure, asking that a plaque explaining his ancestor’s racist history be put in place. Quickly, a movement to tear down the statue all together ignited.
So, why is Henry Dundas so contentious?
Dundas was a Scottish politician in the late 18th century. In 1794, he was appointed the first Secretary of State for War, Edinburgh News reported
He came to be known as “the great tyrant,” particularly for delaying the abolition of slavery in the British empire by 15 years.
The slave trade in the empire ended in 1807, but if it were not for Dundas’ obstruction, it would have ended in 1792 (hmmm… Yet the British were trying to invade Saint-Domingue (Haiti) around that time and the Haitian revolutionaries handled them like they did the French, lol. The hypocrisy...)
A year earlier, Dundas became the last person to be impeached in the United Kingdom for mishandling public funds. He was acquitted but never returned to public office
By delaying the abolition of slavery, Dundas caused 630,000 people to wait more than a decade for their relative freedom.
Abandoning the legacy
Toronto Mayor John Tory said the petition to rename Dundas Street was something that should be discussed and carefully considered.
The organizer, local artist Andrew Lochhead, said he was inspired to start the petition after hearing about calls to tear down the statue of Dundas in Edinburgh.
The leader of city council there said he would have “absolutely no sense of loss” if the Dundas statue was removed and replaced with something else.
Likewise, protesters in Bristol, England, on Sunday tore down a statue of 17th-century slave trader Edward Colston, rolled it to the harbour and plunged it into the sea.
Lochhead said it’s particularly galling that Toronto would keep Dundas’s name, given his negligible positive impact on Canada.
“Henry Dundas has very little if any impact on British North America other than the fact that he purposely obstructed the abolition of slavery and other than the fact he happened to be mates with John Graves Simcoe,” he said. “Other than that the connection is pretty tenuous.”
© Wikimedia Commons Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville PC and Baron Dunira (28 April 1742 – 28 May 1811) was a Scottish lawyer and politician.
Henry Dundas is the latest target in the domino line of historical figures toppled by a reckoning of anti-Black racism.
In Toronto, an online petition calling for Dundas Street to be renamed had garnered thousands of signatures on Wednesday.
In Edinburgh, Scotland, a descendant of Henry Dundas has urged the city council to make changes to a statue of the historical figure, asking that a plaque explaining his ancestor’s racist history be put in place. Quickly, a movement to tear down the statue all together ignited.
So, why is Henry Dundas so contentious?
Dundas was a Scottish politician in the late 18th century. In 1794, he was appointed the first Secretary of State for War, Edinburgh News reported
He came to be known as “the great tyrant,” particularly for delaying the abolition of slavery in the British empire by 15 years.
The slave trade in the empire ended in 1807, but if it were not for Dundas’ obstruction, it would have ended in 1792 (hmmm… Yet the British were trying to invade Saint-Domingue (Haiti) around that time and the Haitian revolutionaries handled them like they did the French, lol. The hypocrisy...)
A year earlier, Dundas became the last person to be impeached in the United Kingdom for mishandling public funds. He was acquitted but never returned to public office
By delaying the abolition of slavery, Dundas caused 630,000 people to wait more than a decade for their relative freedom.
Abandoning the legacy
Toronto Mayor John Tory said the petition to rename Dundas Street was something that should be discussed and carefully considered.
The organizer, local artist Andrew Lochhead, said he was inspired to start the petition after hearing about calls to tear down the statue of Dundas in Edinburgh.
The leader of city council there said he would have “absolutely no sense of loss” if the Dundas statue was removed and replaced with something else.
Likewise, protesters in Bristol, England, on Sunday tore down a statue of 17th-century slave trader Edward Colston, rolled it to the harbour and plunged it into the sea.
Lochhead said it’s particularly galling that Toronto would keep Dundas’s name, given his negligible positive impact on Canada.
“Henry Dundas has very little if any impact on British North America other than the fact that he purposely obstructed the abolition of slavery and other than the fact he happened to be mates with John Graves Simcoe,” he said. “Other than that the connection is pretty tenuous.”
Anywehere but TorontoMy black ass gonna be at the crib or up north this summer
Heading to vancouver in august for 7 days
In 2018, people who identified as visible minorities accounted for only five per cent of directors of companies publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange, according to the University of Toronto.
28k tests done too
ADIOS COVID
OPEN SESAME
we are having a summer brehs
open wonderland,
bring back cne and caribana
Good ole “police work” from the RCMP
and dude is a chief
native americans and blacks are the lowest of the low in canada
therewillbeboogienights
All Star
In 2018, people who identified as visible minorities accounted for only five per cent of directors of companies publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange, according to the University of Toronto.
Whew. SMDH not surprised though.
A lot of hand me down position out here and preference hiring.In 2018, people who identified as visible minorities accounted for only five per cent of directors of companies publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange, according to the University of Toronto.
It's an open secret to skip over any resume with an Indian name out here.