He remembers moving to Winnipeg's North End, a neighbourhood with a large Indigenous population, soon after they settled. "Growing up in the North End [there were] people that didn't like me, you know, because I was Black and I was in the North End and they didn't think I should be there," Kuet said. Later, as a father of two raising kids in the North End, Kuet had to deal with a racist incident at their school. (Allison Slessor/Modern Coffee)Resources and a better understandingChampagne, a lifelong resident of Winnipeg's North End, said the Indigenous community has had to get used to being neighbours with an increasing newcomer population. "Indigenous and newcomer relations are important in places like the North End because the North End has always been a community of immigrants," Champagne said.

Source: CBC News April 25, 2021 07:52 UTC