Anti-Black racism caused eviction from Okanagan campsite, says biracial family, witnesses - News Summed Up

Anti-Black racism caused eviction from Okanagan campsite, says biracial family, witnesses


When the managers of Wright's Beach Camp asked the group to turn the music down, she said they did, and eventually turned it off completely. Members of Andrea Klaver's and Steve Wikkerink's families camped next to each other at Wright's Beach Camp on Skaha Lake in late August. The next morning at 8:30 a.m., the caretaker came by and asked Klaver's group to leave, saying they were banned for life, because of the noise. "I am so unbelievably disappointed and shocked that in 2020 myself, and my family had to witness racism in full force," she said about the Black families being evicted. Kids from several families staying at Wright's Beach Camp enjoying the lake near Penticton, B.C.


Source: CBC News September 11, 2020 23:54 UTC



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