Here is my celebratory observation.

Yes, many Canadians are racist against black Folks.

But many are not.

And so, as the saying goes, you can see the glass half empty or half full.

But I would say that the single greatest piece of evidence that Canada is doing pretty well in this area is that Canadians, by and large, do not stereotype black folks here, instead we recognize diversity among black folks here.

And so, on the one hand, we recognize the studious and hard-working black students, be they in Windsor or Halifax, and the everyday black families in Montreal and Laval and Brampton and Edmonton, and the black folks who have risen to fame, from senators to singers, from Members of Parliament to doctors, and so on.

But in recognizing diversity here, do we not also recognize the infamous, the maladaptive, the unhelpful, as in the group "Black Lives Matter, Toronto Chapter" or U. of T.'s' "Black Liberation Collective"?

Seeing the wide diversity is a good sign. There is hope.