Rachel Brothers wins human rights case for wrongful firing – Nova Scotia

A reminder that discrimination can occur in a variety of contexts:

Donald Murray, chair of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission, said Brothers was “undermined by association staff whose colourist thinking and behaviour created a toxic work environment at the head office in Halifax and the Annapolis Valley regional office in Kentville, where Ms. Brothers was employed as a regional educator.”

Jeff Overmars, a spokesman with the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission, said he can’t say too much about Tuesdays decision.

“We understand this is a very sensitive issue in the African Nova Scotian and other communities,” he said.

“It’s an issue we have to look into, to meet with the communities, to gain some insight and to better understand the history and complexity of the issue.”

Lawrence Hill, in his Massey Lectures Blood, covers some of the same ground as he discusses the history of colour and percentages of black blood, and argues for a universal, rather than “blood” approach.

Rachel Brothers wins human rights case for wrongful firing – Nova Scotia – CBC News.