“Racially ambiguous” — the challenges of two mixed-race Canadians
“Black people don't want me, but also white people don't want me,” Aviva Addo was working at Simons when she noticed a Black man staring at her, confused. “Where are you from?” he asked. “Oh, I’m half white, half Black.” The man scoffed. “Really?” His girlfriend smacked his arm. “That’s rude!” It may be rude, but Addo has heard it before. With a white mother and a father from Ghana, Addo's looks are unique: tan skin, brown eyes and brown hair that's "more manageable" than her sisters. She admits she could be called "racially ambiguous." “Not a lot of people (can) right off the bat say that I'm half white, half Black.” When people see Addo with her red-haired, pale-skinned, blue-eyed mother, they often wonder what the...
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Feb 2025
Clarification: In the print UPASS story in the Feb. issue of the Griff, it was written that the Edmonton Student Alliance was involved in negotiations with ETS. While ESA members were present, the ESA was not involved in negotiations, but are involved in ongoing advocacy.
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