People of Colour and the Quebec Student Strike

August 16, 2012

An interview on race, racism, solidarity, and the Quebec student movement.

This is a detailed discussion with Students of Color Montreal and their activity within the Quebec Student strike movement.. The discussion moves through detailed discussion in regards to issues of race, exclusion, contestation , presence, visibility, love and solidarity in the Quebec Student strikes.

As Myriam Zaidi, passionately says, "White supremacy, capitalism, racism, patriarchy is all putting us on the same sinking boat...we need to be fighting together...That's what we're trying to do here...give the opportunity to people to see the injustices that they could not see before...seeing oppression, injustice more visibility....We just want people to start to have those lenses as well...."

Interviewer: James Oscar
Interviewees: Myriam Zaidi, Becca Yu

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