a coalition of 22 black groups in the Toronto area is calling for a return to segregation. The group wants such things as separate schools for blacks and a separate criminal justice system for blacks. Sandra Carnegie-Douglas, a spokeswoman for the coalition was quoted in the Toronto Star as saying that they don’t call it segregation. It doesn’t matter what they choose to call it; it is segregation. a rose by any other name.
The formation of the coalition came as a result of the increased gun violence in certain areas of Toronto. Forty one of the 61 murders recorded in the city of Toronto so far in 2005 have been committed with guns. The Star also noted that black leaders estimate that 90 per cent of the shootings involve blacks.
It is understandable why the black community want to head out on their own. The various levels of governments, especially the feds and city of Toronto have virtually no interest in fighting the increasing gun violence. Justice Minister Irwin Cotler is quick to say what he won’t do (increase minimum sentences) but shows reluctance when it comes to any legislative changes. The Martin Liberals refuse to get excited about violent crime. They gave us the gun registry, what more do we need? Besides if the black community gets terrorized by gun toting thugs what are they going to do-- vote Conservative? Not a chance since Martin has successfully painted Harper and the Conservatives as racists and bigots.
at the local level, Mayor David Miller and his left wing council got rid of Julian Fantino and replaced him with one of their own. Community policing and hugging potential criminals is the order of the day. and police can’t investigate black crime too much lest they be accused of racial profiling.
What is never said but is nonetheless an unalterable truth is that Paul Martin, Dalton McGuinty and David Miller wouldn’t be so cavalier about violent crime if it were middle class white kids that were being knocked off instead of young black males. Politicians just love blacks as a group so they can brag about how tolerant they are and how diverse the country is but as individuals, young black men who live in subsidized housing are clearly expendable. So it really is no wonder that some in the black community see this segregation that is not really segregation as a solution to their problems.
The desire to have separate schools and different consequences for blacks who run afoul of the criminal justice system is an offshoot of Canada’s multicultural policies. Immigrants who come to this country are not expected to be Canadians--they are encouraged to retain their own culture and become hyphenated Canadians. Canadian schools teach second generation Canadians who are born in this country that Canada isn’t as important as the country that their parents came from. Wanting to be separate is almost the Canadian way.
Unfortunately, the problems within the so-called black community will never be solved until everyone is able to face the reality of the cause. all ethnic groups have their share of bad guys, but the violence that has been escalating in some areas of Toronto is within the Jamaican-Canadian community. Parts of the city are starting to resemble the high crime urban areas of Jamaica. Those whose roots are in africa or asia or the rest of the Caribbean are not the problem. In many ethnic communities the men come to Canada first, get landed and then sponsor their families. Regarding Jamaican immigration, it is normal that women come to Canada first to do the jobs that Canadians won’t do. They leave their children with elderly relatives and then sponsor them to Canada a few years later. The real problem within the community is the lack of a proper family structure and male role models.
as long as these kids grow up without fathers, the problems are going to continue. Separate schools or separate subway cars will solve nothing.