Océane Jasor, Ronald Cummings, Nalini Mohabir, Christiana Abraham
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This is a reflection on the uses of university apologies, prompted by the recent apology offered by Concordia University for its mishandling of Black students’ complaints of institutional racism in 1969, which culminated in the Sir George Williams University student protest, the largest protest against racism on a Canadian university campus.
最近,康考迪亚大学(Concordia university)就1969年黑人学生对制度性种族主义的投诉处理不当而道歉,这引发了对大学道歉的反思。1969年的黑人学生投诉导致了乔治·威廉姆斯爵士大学(Sir George Williams university)的学生抗议活动,这是加拿大大学校园里规模最大的反种族主义抗议活动。