His last words — "I can't breathe" — have become a rallying cry to end systemic racism not just in policing but also in other sectors of society. At the same time, the global pandemic has laid bare the social inequities that make Black, Indigenous and other people of colour more susceptible to COVID-19. CBC News spoke with five Canadian physicians about racism they've personally experienced and what impact systemic discrimination has had on their patients and their profession. 'It's not even arguable,' she says of the systemic racism against Indigenous people that exists in Canada. Right there in front of you is the fact that there is structural, systemic racism in Canada — it's not even arguable.

Source: CBC News June 23, 2020 08:00 UTC