White Supremacy

News and fearless, evidence-based, adversarial, unapologetic, progressive, and activism-oriented opinion and analysis on white supremacy in Canada and the world from The Canadian Progressive.

Across 18 countries surveyed, most people have confidence in U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris

In Sweden, where Harris drew the most positive reviews, 77% of adults have confidence in the first African American person, first Indian American person, and first daughter of immigrants to serve as Vice President of the United States.

Obert Madondo
August 1, 2022

White supremacy: Research on cyber-racism and domestic terrorism

The Journalist's Resource's July 2019 roundup of research on white supremacy, updated to empower journalists covering the May 14, 2022, mass shooting in Buffalo, New York.

Guest Blog
June 18, 2022

The problem with Canada’s delusions of inclusivity and multiculturalism

"Despite a pervasive image of Canada and Canadians as inclusive, diverse and multicultural, there is an alternative Canadian reality that includes violence, hatred and discrimination against minority groups, including Muslims."

Guest Blog
June 30, 2021

Derek Chauvin convicted for brutal murder of George Floyd

This week, the most consequential trial in this historic era of the Black Lives Matter civil rights movement culminated in a rare guilty verdict. A Minneapolis jury found Derek Chauvin, a white man and former police officer, guilty of the May 2020 brutal, daylight lynching of George Floyd, a Black American man.

Obert Madondo
April 25, 2021

Google Blocks Advertisers from Targeting Black Lives Matter YouTube Videos

“Black power” and “Black Lives Matter” can't be used to find videos for ads, but “White power” and “White lives matter” were just fine.

Guest Blog
April 24, 2021

White supremacy is the root of all race-related violence in the US

The white supremacy at the heart of recent instances of anti-Asian and anti-Black racism and egregious violence in the United States "does not require a white person to perpetuate it," argues Jennifer Ho, a professor of Asian American Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Guest Blog
April 15, 2021

Obert Madondo is an Ottawa-based digital artist, blogger, photographer, graphic designer, web designer, digital rights enthusiast, digital storytelling enthusiast, aspiring filmmaker, and online publisher.

Obert is a former political aide to a prominent former Zimbabwean lawmaker, human rights defender and former freedom fighter. Obert has previously worked as an international development administrator in Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, and Canada.

Obert is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Canadian Progressive, an independent political blog dedicated to producing fearless, evidence-based, adversarial, unapologetic, progressive and activism-oriented journalism situated right at the intersection of politics, technology and human rights.

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