I'm tired of explaining how racism is still very much alive in Halifax. I witness it everyday. I hear and see it, and watch human souls get a little more crushed every single time.

When something is not directed towards you, there's a human tendency to ignore it. This is the reason racism still lives. Until it can be faced, head-on, by most of the public, nothing ever gets better. That means openly talking about it, and stopping attempts to censor those of us who are comfortable enough with ourselves, to do so.

Halifax had very public, and high-profile, racism issues (only) around 20 years ago, but most of that seems to have been forgotten. Those people are not dead, or have become enlightened. They are themselves, and they still live here.

There are plenty of open-minded students, who filter in-and-out of this city that gives Halifax the illusion of being very progressive. But, most of the students are temporary Haligonians, and they make up a small percentage of the population, compared to permanent residents. So, every single year, students who complete school leave NS, never to come back. Then they are replaced with a fresh batch of high school children, who are ready to think of the world as more than the walls of their school and home.

I think you can see where this is going.. —Professional People Watcher, Esquire