Bloc leader defends use of N-word in education context
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Bloc leader defends use of N-word in education context
Description
October 22, 2020
Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet said on Thursday that the use of the N-word in the context of education and learning is not a gesture of prejudice against Black people. His comments come after a complaint was filed when a professor at the University of Ottawa used the term in a gender and art class.
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Bloc leader defends use of N-word in education context
Description
October 22, 2020
Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet said on Thursday that the use of the N-word in the context of education and learning is not a gesture of prejudice against Black people. His comments come after a complaint was filed when a professor at the University of Ottawa used the term in a gender and art class.
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