Subject: "Is the USA-run Toronto Star 'intentionally'
stirring up RACIAL HATRED by saying
slavery was WORSE IN CANADA than
in the USA?" asks É(eh)PC President,
Party Leader
on page 15 of the Toronto Metro News (owned by the
Toronto Star - known to hire Chicago Tribune employ-
ees) Monday, February 10th 2014 as part of Black His-
tory Month in Canada is TOTALLY DISINGENUOUS
YELLOW JOURNALISM unsupported by facts - based
on OUTRAGEOUSLY, IRRESPONSIBLE CONJECTURE.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/thrust
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/outrageous
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/conjecture
Its TONE is CONDESCENDING, DISRESPECTFUL,
DANGEROUSLY INFLAMMATORY - in my view - and
seems to be "tinged" by AFRICAN-AMERICAN RACISM.
http://dictionary.reference.
Its intent seems to be to *FOMENT* RACIAL HATRED:
you can judge that for yourself - after reading what I
have to say.
http://www.thefreedictionary.
I have to QUESTION THE JUDGEMENT of the Toronto
Star in letting Toronto Metro News to print (what I feel is)
such a SHAMEFUL, RECKLESS, SUBSTANDARD JOUR-
NALISTIC ARTICLES whose INTENT seems to be "inten-
tionally" MALICIOUS!
Such journalistic *WICKEDNESS* - by Americans (the
author+editor) (I strongly suspect.) - is EVIL!
Let's look.
(See scanned copy of the page at:
http://eh-ok.ca/BlackHistory.pdf)
THE TOP
AT THE TOP of the whole page is the caption "SPECIAL".
Just under that is the heading "Slavery Myths in Canada"
under which is presented 4 "so-called" myths.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/so-called
Myth No. 1
Under "Myth No. 1", we have the 2nd of 3 sentences:
"Many Canadians are under the assumption that sla-
very never existed in Canada (or not at the same le-
vels found in the U.S.), which is false."
This is NOT TRUE and TOTALLY EGREGIOUS!
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/egregious
But MORE THAN THAT: it's A VICIOUS, *MALI-
CIOUS* LIE!
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/vicious
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/malicious
This is just "Myth No. 1".
Myth No. 2
Under "Myth No. 2", we have the 2nd (of 4 sen-
tences): "Politicians enacted legislation in 1793
that set limitations on slavery in the country."
The 4th sentence following the 3rd, I think, is
DEROGATORY and MEANSPIRITED!
http://www.yourdictionary.com/mean-spirited
"The 1793 bill meant anyone born a slave would
secure his freedom when he turned 25." (3rd)
"At the time, the average lifespan of a slave was
20 to 25 years." (4th)
The 4th is *UNSUBSTANTIATED* by any refer-
ences, A LIKELY A COMPLETELY *FALSE* AS-
SERTION.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/assertion
So much for "Myth No. 2".
Myth No. 3
"Myth No. 3" seems to me to be U.S. *VICIOUS-
NESS* SERVED ON A SILVER PLATER.
The 2nd (of 3 sentences) says, in effect, that the
slaves who came to Canada were NO BETTER
OFF suggesting that they had wasted their time
in coming to Canada via the FREEDOM TRAIN
(the underground railroad): "Despite the warm
and fuzzy images and scenes displayed in most
current-day slave narratives, black slaves who
escaped to Canada faced discrimination, vio-
lence and segregation."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_Railroad
The 3rd sentence is THE WOWZER!
http://www.internetslang.com/WOWZER-meaning-definition.asp
It says that LIFE WAS *PROBABLY* WORSE IN
CANADA than the USA for African-Americans be-
cause the racism was discreet, NOT OVERT in
the USA where APARTHEID REIGNED because
of the Jim Crow (KKK) laws.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/discreet
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/overt
"Unlike racist legislation, like Jim Crow laws, passed
in the U.S., Canada had largely unwritten racist codes,
which many could argue made it more difficult for black
people in Canada."
This article seems to be MORE + MORE LIKE A *PRO-
PAGANDA* ARTICLE by a "disaffected" CIA agent who
is MISDIRECTING HER RACIST ANGER channeling it
at Canada rather than the USA.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disaffected
Myth No. 4
Here comes "Myth No. 4".
The truth, she seems to be saying WITHOUT ANY
SUPPORTING EVIDENCE, is that African-Ameri-
cans who came to Canada were SO UNHAPPY
that they went back to the USA.
In the 2nd (of the 3 sentences), she uses the word
"some", but in the 3rd sentence, "some" becomes
"entire generations". Talk about HYPERBOLE! She
caN'T be serious.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hyperbole
"Some former slaves left Canada for the U.S. once
slavery was abolished in America to escape the dif-
ficulties in Canada and for chances at upward mobi-
lity ... . Entire generations of black Canadians were
completely lost to Canadian history by moving to the
U.S."
THE PICTURE
3/4 of the page below that top row of 4 myths on the
left-hand side is an "anonymous" picture with the cap-
tion with a spelling mistake "This painting, originally
entitled Portrait of Negro Slave, is one of very view
(sic) public pieces of art that depicts a black Cana-
dian slave." (Provenance: "Montreal Museum of Fine
Arts".)
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/provenance
THE *MAIN* ARTICLE
On the right-hand side is another article, A DOOZY!
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=doozy
THE TITLE
Just look at the "titillating" title: "Canada's unknown
slave-owning past".
Don't expect Ms. Small (a family name she comes by
honestly) to supply references: that's TOO MUCH TO
EXPECT coming from HER STYLE OF YELLOW JOUR-
NALISM.
THE SUB-HEADING
Look at the sub-heading: "Historians believe about
5,000 slaves were brought to the country. Their
stories are often left out of the history books."
PROBLEM!
Which historians - exactly?
None are given: NOT EVEN ONE!
THE QUOTE
To the right of the picture is A CALLED-OUT QUOTE
she says "in authoritative fashion" (Ha! Ha!): "The le-
gacy of the underground railroad is positive and em-
powering but what that legacy does is that it blinds
us and obscures the other things that were going on
before the railroad. We had slavery in Canada, it just
ended sooner."
Sentence No. 1
The 1st sentence is fairly "innocuous": "You've heard
this story before: A group of slaves escape for free-
dom in the middle of the night."
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/innocuous
Sentence No. 2+3
The 2nd + 3rd tough are VEXING, BAREFACED LIES!
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/vexing
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/barefaced
Where is THE SUPPORTING EVIDENCE?
It's NOT NEEDED because it's public knowledge?
Or is this U.S. Gov't PROPAGANDA that seeks to
*DENIGRATE* CANADA by "rewriting" history?
Here they are: "But here's the twist: These slaves
weren't running toward Canada. They were run-
ning away from it - fleeing from Canadian slave
owners and headed for freedom in Detroit."
DETROIT!
So there were slaves in Windsor, Ontario across
from Detroit: is that it?
WHO KNEW?
But, it seems, Ms. Small and the Toronto Star Re-
search Department (that serves as the CIA Research
Department in Toronto - as far as I'm concerned) do.
Is their goal TO REWRITE BLACK HISTORY IN
CANADA to favour the USA at the expense of
CANADA'S GOOD REPUTATION?
It seems that way, doesN'T it?
By the way, the 4th sentence is A CONTINUATION
OF THE SAME *WACKY* THESIS of CANADIAN
OPPRESSION of African-American slaves: "... the
story of Canadian slaves - whose lives were as
unjust and inhumane as those in the south - has
largely been ignored."
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/thesis
TAKARA SMALL (life@metronews.ca)
Where was she born? USA?
Where did she do her elementary+high school?
In the USA?
Did she graduate from the Ryerson University
School of Journalism?
Ryerson U. seems to be run by the CIA.
CHECK ALL THE AMERICANA on the north-
west corner of its Image Centre: there is NOT
ONE Canadian there.
http://youtu.be/sXNxt2V0x8Q
Across the street is a billboard featuring Martin
Luther King: http://youtu.be/Er_BUGZdhcE
(By the way, we do *NOT* KNOW who
owns our universities: it's NOT the Gov't.
TheÉ(eh)PC intends to NATIONALIZE
colleges+universities in order to offer
TUITION-FREE education.)
NO SLAVE-TRADING MARKET in Canada
Unlike the USA, there was NEVER an ACTIVE
SLAVE-TRADING MARKET in Canada.
However, there was an "active" SLAVE-TRADING
MARKET In the *FASCIST*, war-mongering USA,
("the land of freedom", run by the KKK Freema-
sons where there's NO LIVING WAGE making
the USA a SLAVE LABOUR CAMP for the Rich).
[And the KKK "figure-head", Obama (probably a
former CIA guy), doesN'T care about OUTLAW-
ING the KKK NOR providing the WORKING-
POOR Americans with a living wage.]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figurehead
(It is safe, I think, to speculate that THE FOUN-
DING FATHERS OF THE USA were SERIAL
RAPISTS of African-American women especially
Jefferson who had bi-racial children: if true, that's
A BLACK STAIN on the history of the USA. Inci-
dentally, Obama admires Jefferson, I do NOT!)
CONSPIRACY
On the one hand, Ms. Small seems to be sug-
gesting that there is A *CONSPIRACY* TO
*HIDE* Canada’s SLAVERY PAST, but she
intends to set the record straight with these
articles - WITHOUT REFERENCES, WITH-
OUT FACTS - articles that are WORKS OF
FICTION!
On the other, she "whitewashes" the USA
by saying that African-Americans went back
to the USA: they missed it so much. (Ha! Ha!)
That's JUST PLAIN LUDICROUS!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitewash_(censorship)
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ludicrous
Ms. Small, contrary to what you (and your
employer) would have us believe, THE
*REAL* VILLAIN when it comes to sla-
very is the USA (*NOT* Canada): that's
AN UNCONTESTED HISTORICAL FACT.
Why, then, would you (and your employer)
have us BELIEVE OTHERWISE, eh?
It's INCOMPREHENSIBLE!
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/incomprehensible
All this sounds like "wicked" CIA PROPA-
GANDA to me.
AMERICAN PROPAGANDA?
To suggest things were *EQUALLY BAD* for
African-Americans arriving in Canada seems
to be U.S. PROPAGANDA that is MEANT TO
*DENIGRATE* CANADA and SHAME African-
Americans who believe to this day that LIFE
WAS BETTER for African-Americans IN CA-
NADA.
| Footnote Re: Jackie Robinson, former African-American soldier, and star UCLA star athlete who became the 1st black Major League Baseball's rookie of the year in 1947 The Dodgers' Triple A farm team was based in Montreal and the (Jackie) Robinson's trip north was a fortuitous turn of events, says Burns, since they would be in a country that (says Rachel Robinson, his wife) "did *not* have a history of slavery and gave (them) a welcome home." Rachel has warm memories of finding a home in Montreal. The couple had previously found doors slammed in their faces, even in New York City. "I knocked on a door and expected to be rejected," says Rachel. The woman let her in, showed her around the apartment, made her tea, and told her to make sure to use the fine linen and china. "That introduction just set Montreal up for us," says Rachel. "It was fabulous." Montreal sports fans were just as welcoming to Robinson. When the Montreal Royals won the Little World Series in 1946, (Ken) Burns (acclaimed documentarian) says the city's fans "chased him (Robinson) down the street and they picked him up on their shoulders." Toronto Star, Monday, April 11th 2016, "Montreal set stage for Robinson's historic journey", page E3 |
MORE TROUBLE
The É(eh)PC believes Toronto has THE LAR-
GEST CIA COMMUNITY that is supporting
their man, Rob Ford from which we an expect
NOTHING, but MORE TROUBLE.
Incidentally, THE MAJORITY of which are Afri-
can-American with A "BADASS ATTITUDE" who
claim to be from Caribbean - especially Jamaica:
I HIGHLY SUSPECT Ms. Small to be one of them,
A TRUE-BLUE "UNCLE TOM".
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/true-blue
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Uncle%20Tom
TAKE IT DOWN
The É(eh)PC intends to get rid of the Toronto
Star for providing TOO MUCH NEEDLESS
American media coverage.
Many of their reporters appear to be CIA agents
who went out of their way to do RUSSIAN BA-
SHING - EVERY DAY - during the Olympics.
In fact, it appears that Ernest Hemingway was
hired by the Toronto Star AT THE BEHEST
OF THE U.S. GOV'T so he could be sent to
Europe to *SPY* on the intelligentsia for the
U.S. Gov't while working for the Toronto Star.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/behest
Clearly, the Toronto Star has proven to be A
SOURCE OF U.S. Gov't CHICANERY in Ca-
nada - in my eyes.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/chicanery
I STRONGLY FEEL the Toronto Star has OUT-
DONE ITS STAY IN CANADA: it's time for the
Toronto Star to leave.
We *doN'T* want trouble.
IT`S GOTTA GO!
YANKY,
GO HOME!
Kenneth Selin (say'leen)
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