Column Council: It's better to be an anonymous victim than one of colour

 Empathy often entails placing yourself or a loved one in a victim’s shoes. In a province where only 67 per cent of the population strongly agree that “racism is terrible” (the lowest in the country), for many, identifying with a victim of colour is just too much of a stretch. Being a victim whose racial identity cannot be used against you is fundamentally akin to being given the benefit of the doubt that goes with white privilege. And in a province whose population is overwhelmingly white, those who remain anonymous are generally presumed to be white by default.

Column Council: It's better to be an anonymous victim than one of colour | Montreal Gazette