The Globe has run a half dozen columns on this Cultural Appropriation controversy and the number of hate-filled comments that have followed only proves that racism is alive and kicking in Canada.

Just why the Majority should be so outraged at Minorities wanting to be heard and respected is puzzling. Is it guilt? It reminds me of the old white woman I once saw on the Spadina streetcar complaining about all the foreigners not speaking English. They weren't speaking to her, so why did she need to know what they were saying?

 I have heard the most vile words come out of the mouths of suburban teens talking about indigenous people, people of colour, and the LGBT community. And yet if anyone from these minorities complains, it's they who are being racist or bigoted.

Equal Rights always seems to imply that some are more equal than others. It is disheartening to think that those here championing free speech are the same who cheer on Trump and his Fake News nonsense. Status Quo forever!