Dishes Out: Illiterate, Low Class Backgrounds With No Civic Duty

07/26/24 • 17 min

Sadly again, the X platform was alive and full of fire with a recent post citing hate towards migrants from India to Canada. The claim: they're illiterate, with low class backgrounds and with no civic duty. It's a comment that anti-immigrant and anti-migrant noise makers, influencers and media channels are using to spread lies and misinformation.
Migrants are people with dreams, ambition, and gut. Their worth is inherent and not based upon them being able to speak English. It makes absolutely no sense to hate someone for not having "manners" or being "illiterate". Hostion and Andrea are dishing it out, not letting the anti-migrant, dehumanization and white supremacy voices have the last say.
Hate the systems. Love the migrants. People are people are people are people.

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Previous Episode

The Future is Female

On Sunday, July 21st, Vice President Kamala Harris was endorsed by the current President of the United States, Joe Biden, to run as the Democratic Party candidate for president. If nominated, Kamala would become the first person ever of South Asian descent and one of the few Black women in US history to headline a major US political party's ticket. Yes, she is a political leader in the US but what does it mean for Canada?
Canada has yet to have a woman of colour elected as a federal leader. The representation of women in Canada is minuscule compared to women in leadership globally - lower than the UAE, Rwanda, Cuba, New Zealand and more. What is it about having a woman and more specifically, a woman of colour at the helm of the western world?
Hostion and Andrea unpack the limitless ways in which the collective mindset and cultural perspectives from women of colour's leadership are essential to reflecting the people of Canada, the global majority found in Indigenous People and in the majority of immigrants who settle here. White systems and white leaders fail to understand what equality is, what justice embodies and what equity means. Women heal and restore, and with their feminine resistance, need to be our future leaders. Women of colour and the intersectionalities of their identity amplify cultural perspectives and collective healing. The future is female.
Episode Show Notes:

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Next Episode

Equal But Not Equal: France's Inhumane Hijab Ban

In this solo episode, Andrea provides a bit of gossip and fun facts around the 2024 Paris Olympics including:

The Canadian women's soccer team's drone scandal,
The debut of the IOC Refugee Olympic Team emblem, and
The first equal female to male gender participation Olympic event.

Andrea also discusses the inhumane decision by France to ban hijabs for their athletes in the Olympics, exploring its broader implications and urging privileged listeners to speak up, both in Canada and abroad.
Silence only lets the narratives have power. The power of these harmful narratives from politicians and Western culture will remain powerful if they are not challenged. Speaking up is a way to create new narratives - narratives of collective liberation.
Liberation for one group of people is liberation for all people. Collective action can move us forward in creating equitable and beautiful spaces, where no one has to fear being themselves.

00:00 Introduction and Solo Hosting
00:33 Olympics 2024: A Global Event
01:28 Olympic Gossip: Controversies and Highlights
09:21 France's Hijab Ban: A Deep Dive
19:05 Understanding White Feminism
19:45 Intersections of Race and Feminism
22:29 The Impact of Visibility on Muslim Women
23:49 Call to Action for White Ally Voices
26:10 The Importance of Speaking Up
29:19 Equality and Individuality
32:16 Final Thoughts and Apologies
33:16 Engagement and Feedback
Episode Sources:
Canada Women's Soccer Coach Suspended Over Drone Scandal
IOC Refugee Olympic Team to Represent More Than 100 Million Forcibly Displaced People at the Olympic Games Paris 2024
Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony: Meet Heroines of French History Whose Statues Emerged From the Seine
"Excellence, Respect, Friendship": Why Hijab Bans in French Sports Defy Olympic Values and Human Rights
Quebec Bill 21
Ibtihaj Muhammad Says France is Forcing Olympians to "Choose Between Faith and Sport"
Ten Rules: Following Bell Hooks' Instructions for Our Movement

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