Emma Ansah reports on a Black man in Toronto who was verbally assaulted by a white man who hurled vile, hate-filled racial slurs in broad daylight — and yet, instead of calling it what it is (a hate crime), authorities are brushing it off as a “mental health episode.”
This is the double standard Black people know all too well in Toronto: when they attack us, it’s “mental illness.” But when it’s Black person, it’s “aggression.” with harsh consequences
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