Racism topic of discussion at special forum held at Kikinahk
Talking about and coming up with ideas to end racism was the focus of a community forum Thursday held at the Kikinahk Friendship Centre in La Ronge.
It was organized by the Multicultural Council of Saskatchewan through funding by the federal and provincial governments. The forum was already held in North Battleford, Regina and Swift Current with one more stop scheduled in Yorkton. According to Executive Director Rhonda Rosenberg, there is still discrimination and systemic racism present in our society.
“Racism is still really active in our society, and we see it with the outright discrimination and ideas people carry, but also the systemic racism,” she said. “We see the number of Indigenous kids in care or incarceration rates. Those are really evidence we have a lot of work to do in making all of our communities places where everybody contributes to them and benefits in a more equitable way.”