For Adeliyi, it happened when Pereira called the police on her and described her as black and threatening. Readers, not just of colour, described similar bad experiences with the theatre in emails to the Star and on social media. Racism is not quite the same as jerk-ism, although a Venn diagram of the two sets would result in a huge overlap. In his defence , Pereira said Adeliyi was “rude and belligerent to the staff,” which is why he called the police. For black people, racism is a daily occurrence sometimes subtle, sometimes overt and always systemic.

Source: thestar March 10, 2017 11:03 UTC