Is It Still 1955 In Canada: "The Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children"?
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"COLORED CHILDREN"?
How racist can you get?
"The Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children? is at the centre of a lawsuit and a controversy with allegations of physical and sexual abuse stretching back decades. Three former residents tell their story to CBC?s The Current."
http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/episode...ured-children/
From the citation:
"Abuse Allegations: The Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children
If former residents of the place still called Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children are telling the truth, it may be more accurate to call them former victims. The home first opened in 1921 as an orphanage for black Nova Scotian children.
It's intent was to give them safe shelter, but their stories of physical and sexual abuse suggest childhoods filled with fear, pain and despair. More than 100 former residents are involved in legal action, including a proposed class action suit, against the institution and the provincial government.
Anna Maria spoke with three former residents and their lawyer yesterday. Tony Smith was in Halifax along with lawyer Ray Wagner. Harriet Johnson was in Montreal. And June Elwin joined us in Toronto.
* A WARNING, parts the discussion are graphic and disturbing.
At a point in the conversation, Harriet describes a violent sexual assault... a scene so graphic and horrific, we are not airing it in full. We did continue the conversation with Harriet and picked up again."
Click the link for the full story!
http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/episode...ured-children/
"COLORED CHILDREN"?
How racist can you get?
"The Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children? is at the centre of a lawsuit and a controversy with allegations of physical and sexual abuse stretching back decades. Three former residents tell their story to CBC?s The Current."
http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/episode...ured-children/
From the citation:
"Abuse Allegations: The Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children
If former residents of the place still called Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children are telling the truth, it may be more accurate to call them former victims. The home first opened in 1921 as an orphanage for black Nova Scotian children.
It's intent was to give them safe shelter, but their stories of physical and sexual abuse suggest childhoods filled with fear, pain and despair. More than 100 former residents are involved in legal action, including a proposed class action suit, against the institution and the provincial government.
Anna Maria spoke with three former residents and their lawyer yesterday. Tony Smith was in Halifax along with lawyer Ray Wagner. Harriet Johnson was in Montreal. And June Elwin joined us in Toronto.
* A WARNING, parts the discussion are graphic and disturbing.
At a point in the conversation, Harriet describes a violent sexual assault... a scene so graphic and horrific, we are not airing it in full. We did continue the conversation with Harriet and picked up again."
Click the link for the full story!
http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/episode...ured-children/
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