Cultural Healing Needed to Move Past Racist Profiling Incidents: B.C. Chief
York University researchers reveal frequent Indigenous racial profiling in retail, with a 2020 incident at Canadian Tire in Coquitlam under legal review by the BC Human Rights Tribunal.
- Maxwell Johnson and his granddaughter were handcuffed at a Vancouver bank due to a status card query, highlighting racial profiling incidents involving Indigenous people in Canada.
- Richard and Dawn Wilson filed a human rights complaint against Canadian Tire after a discriminatory security search, set to be heard by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal.
- A report from York University emphasizes that discrimination against Indigenous customers in retail settings is a common experience.
- Heiltsuk First Nation Chief Marilyn Slett called for restorative justice and change to address racial profiling, stressing the need for respect toward Indigenous values in the process.
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