A black student's view on racism at York University

Well what a surprise, once again at York University (one of schools in Canadian University Guide 2008) some jackass wrote racist anti black slurs at the Black Student Office. Some people think Toronto Canada is a multicultural paradise and this is pure mythology. The pernicious racism against black people is in full force in the city of Toronto!

I don’t know if you already know this but I am an alumni at York University. I know York University and the politics of the administration. The concerns of black students are ignored by the people in charge of the university. The apathetic attitude of York University towards the concerns of black people is not surprising either.

Why did it take the president of York University Mamdouh Shoukri two days to respond? Would Shoukri wait two days to respond to the Jews? There should of been an immediate response by the president of York University. The delayed response is only an example of the friction between the racist York administration and black students. Shoukri’s delayed response is pathetic. If the racist incident was against the Jews at York University there would of been an immediate response. York University is Jew central so the concerns of the Jews are placed ahead of blacks and other minorities. The bias the York University administration (the same as in many other top Canada's universities and academic programs) has for the Jews is simply incredible. Yet there is also an invisible code that exists that York University that you cannot speak out about the administration’s blatant racist anti black prejudices. However, when racism takes place against black people the York University administration’s attitude is of silence, prejudice, and apathy. Everyone knows at York University there is a racial hierarchy and basically the Jews are on the top because the Jews run York University.

Many Canada's universities including York University has a history of racism against black people. The racist incident at the black student office is not a surprise and the slow response of the York University administration isn’t shocking either. It is just typical York University politics.

I graduated with a B.A. degree in June 2004. When I return to university to complete a second degree I know I am skipping York University. York University is anti black everyone knows this. I know York very well and one of the problems I have had with the York University administration is their racist biases attitudes against the concerns of black students. Why wasn’t there any security cameras that actually work by the black student office? York University cannot cry poverty York makes millions of dollars from tuition fees, from private investors, and from the government.

York University also has a history of violent sexual assault attacks against women. The York University security service is pathetic and just plain garbage. I cannot be more honest then that. How can the third largest university in Canada not have security cameras that actually work in specific areas around campus? Now the people that wrote the racist anti black remarks are just going to get away with it. The culprits will never be caught.

The racist anti black incident highlights a serious issue about the hypocrisy of the York University administration and it's university academic programs in relation to racism against black people. York University has a history of racism against blacks. In the year 1992 white security guards asked only black students for identification cards. There was a major uproar on the campus back then over sixteen years ago.

I have encountered racism at York University because I dared to challenge white supremacy. In December 2002 I wrote a groundbreaking explosive story “Whitewashed Black Studies” about employment discrimination at York University. My article was published in NOW Magazine. The article highlighted the fact in the year 2002 there were only 16 black professors out of 1248.Even though I informed my white history professor that my article was going to be published in NOW Magazine he attempted to sabotage and destroy me. Suddenly, my average in the history class dropped dramatically from a B average to a C average.

The attitude of the white male professor immediately changed and I knew that my article created a lot of controversy. I exposed York University for its racist hiring standards. I complained to the history department and passed the class. The history department found another professor to mark my assignments.

A few years ago when I was an undergraduate at York University I also encountered racism by a racist white female teaching assistant in another history class. I stood my ground and I complained and made my voice heard. There was no way I was going to make some racist bigots prevent me from graduating university. York University likes to pride itself as an anti racist university that is against racism. However, the lax and pathetic security system and services at York proves otherwise.

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