DARE TO BIRD

I’m on CBC Radio One’s “ Now or Never Podcast ” it aired today live on June 6 at 2 pm the episode is call ed “ Shhhhh! Secret spots across Canada that make life more fun ” You can listen to the full interview where I discuss birding, the importance of diversity and inclusion and my work with young birders at this link HERE . My section comes on at 17mins, 30 seconds and you can scroll to it.

By now you have probably heard about the racist Canadian-born White woman who did a racist attack on a Black birder named Christian Cooper in Central Park in NYC. All he asked was for her to leash her dog in a on-leash dog area. If you haven't heard of this story you can watch the video and read about it HERE . It's a vile video of a vile person who knew her White privilege and used it as a weapon against this man.  We all know that in America many Black people especially Black men are killed by police for no reason at all but the colour of their skin. A good example is George Floyd who was killed by a police officer (while 3 other cops looked on) for what they said was a possible 20$ forged bill. The White police officer put a knee on his neck on camera for over 8 mins until he died, despite having the victim completely restrained, begging for mercy and not being able to breathe. Only one police officer was charged and not for 1st degree murder but third and manslaught...