Reader\'s Digest Canada - 05.2020

(Rick Simeone) #1
PHOTO CREDIT TO COME

In 2017, thousands of


earthquake-displaced Haitians


crossed Canada’s border,


sometimes through frozen


fields at night, hoping to claim


refugee status. They discovered


how our barriers to non-white


immigrants can be higher,


arbitrary and unforgiving.


THE INVISIBLE WALL


illustration by chelsea charles

BY Desmond Cole
FROM THE SKIN WE’RE IN: A YEAR OF BLACK RESISTANCE AND POWER

92 may 2020

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