Anti-Racism and the White Moderate Government (Ep. 2)

On berrygrounds this week, Dr. Paul Banahene Adjei tells us why politicians—and all of us—should heed Martin Luther King’s warnings about supposed allies in the fight to end racism.

Black Lives Matter brought anti-racism to the mainstream.

In Newfoundland and Labrador, the Furey government put four cabinet ministers in charge of public consultations and reviewing policies to address institutional and systemic racism.

But almost two years later—and with no report, recommendations or accountability, as community organizers have pointed out—will they actually change anything?

Something Martin Luther King Jr. wrote 60 years ago in his “Letter from Birmingham Jail” offers us critical insight into today’s anti-racism efforts.

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On berrygrounds this week, Dr. Paul Banahene Adjei tells us why politicians—and all of us—should heed King’s warnings about supposed allies in the fight to end racism.

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Justin Brake (settler, he/him) is a reporter and editor at The Independent, a role in which he previously served from 2012 to 2017. In recent years, he has worked as a contributing editor at The Breach and as a reporter and executive producer with APTN News. Justin was born in Gander and raised in Saskatchewan and Ontario. He returned home in 2007 to study at Memorial University and now lives with his partner and children in Benoit’s Cove, Bay of Islands. In addition to the channels below, you can also follow Justin on BlueSky.