For many years, discrimination and prejudice has been extremely present in our society. Many feel superior to other races and believe that they deserve more privileges. Black individuals have been one of the top targets of racism throughout history. They’ve been stripped of civil rights, experienced and escaped slavery, and alienated from Caucasians. Although blacks have come a long way, many ethnicities still treat them unequally. Of course, racism is now unacceptable, but the stigma towards black individuals still linger. The feeling of neglect, disfavour, and discrimination is something no human being likes to experience. Black Canadians living in Africville were although exposed to these aspects for many years. Located on the shores
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The city of Halifax placed undesirable services in Africville including: a fertilizer plant, slaughterhouses, Rockhead Prison, the “night-soil disposal pits” (human waste) and the Infectious Diseases Hospital. The city also did not consult the community members in Africville about locating the services in the area. Residents continuously protested for removal of these services, since they were a huge health hazard. (Jon Tattrie, 2012) However, since the city had so much prejudice towards this African-American community, they did not care that human life was living in the same area as the undesirable services. Secondly, in the 1950s, Halifax built an open-pit dump in Africville. The also city weighed out their options and thought it was unsatisfactory to place it in white communities such as Fairview (Michael Lawlor, 2010). To place an open-pit dump in Africville was more than disgraceful to the residents. The Municipality of Halifax believed that since a Caucasian community found it unacceptable it would be acceptable to place it in Africville. Of course, this was because they ranked the value of African-Americans lower than Caucasians. This was a very spiteful move towards the Africvilleans in the community. Lastly, in the 1960s, many white Halifax residents referred to Africville as a “slum built around the dump by scavengers” (Jon Tattrie, 2014) .Although Africvilleans found their community as a haven from anti-black racism, they were still called a “slum” by other white communities. The city of Halifax was to blame for creating the impression that Africville was a “slum”. They had placed unattractive things like an open-pit-dump to further degrade the community’s status. To conclude, the neglect of Africvillean residents and their community created the conditions for the city of Halifax to get rid of Africville all
The city of Halifax placed undesirable services in Africville including: a fertilizer plant, slaughterhouses, Rockhead Prison, the “night-soil disposal pits” (human waste) and the Infectious Diseases Hospital. The city also did not consult the community members in Africville about locating the services in the area. Residents continuously protested for removal of these services, since they were a huge health hazard. (Jon Tattrie, 2012) However, since the city had so much prejudice towards this African-American community, they did not care that human life was living in the same area as the undesirable services. Secondly, in the 1950s, Halifax built an open-pit dump in Africville. The also city weighed out their options and thought it was unsatisfactory to place it in white communities such as Fairview (Michael Lawlor, 2010). To place an open-pit dump in Africville was more than disgraceful to the residents. The Municipality of Halifax believed that since a Caucasian community found it unacceptable it would be acceptable to place it in Africville. Of course, this was because they ranked the value of African-Americans lower than Caucasians. This was a very spiteful move towards the Africvilleans in the community. Lastly, in the 1960s, many white Halifax residents referred to Africville as a “slum built around the dump by scavengers” (Jon Tattrie, 2014) .Although Africvilleans found their community as a haven from anti-black racism, they were still called a “slum” by other white communities. The city of Halifax was to blame for creating the impression that Africville was a “slum”. They had placed unattractive things like an open-pit-dump to further degrade the community’s status. To conclude, the neglect of Africvillean residents and their community created the conditions for the city of Halifax to get rid of Africville all