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From YouTube: JULY 15 2020 Statements Jinny Sims
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
5th Session
41st Parliament
A
Thank
You
mr.
speaker
in
the
people's
house
today
I
bring
a
message
from
an
amazing
young
woman
who
shared
her
pain
with
me
and
wanted
all
of
you
to
know
about
the
impact
of
racism
on
her
and
others
like
her,
and
these
are
her
words
that
I'm
going
to
be
reading
out
today,
being
biracial
I
have
had
and
still
do
face
my
fair
share
of
racism
at
my
school,
where
I'm
definitely
a
minority
from
being
called
the
n-word
to
having
my
whole
class
talk
and
laugh
at
me
in
other
languages.
A
These
experiences
would
anger
and
saddened.
Me
I
want
to
make
clear
that
it's
only
a
select
group
that
say
these
racial
slurs,
but
it
hurts
nonetheless,
it
hurts
knowing
that
there
is
nothing
I
can
do
to
change
the
way.
I
am
viewed
and
looked
at
that
I
am
being
judged
solely
on
the
color
of
my
skin
as
a
fourteen-year-old
girl.
I
am
still
learning
about
the
roots
of
racism,
but
I
am
certain
of
one
thing.
I
know
the
overwhelming
hurt
behind
being
the
target
of
racism.
A
If
you
have
ever
experienced
racism,
we
have
probably
shared
a
feeling
that
you
and
I
both
know
feels
like
nothing
else,
but
if
you
are
one
of
the
lucky
few
that
have
never,
it
is
very
important
that
you
know
what
it
feels
like
this
time.
I
was
called
a
racial
slur.
My
body
felt
like
a
thousand
thorns
had
viciously
hit
me.
The
words
hurt
more
than
I
can
even
begin
to
describe
that
feeling
of
a
thousand
forms.
I
now
recognize
as
shocked
and
every
time
I
get
racially
targeted.
It
returns.
A
One
might
think
that
the
feeling
would
lessen,
but
it
never
does.
If
you
haven't
already
had-
and
you
found
experience
on
the
impacts
of
racism,
then
I
leave
you
with
something
to
think
about.
Not
everything
that
is
faced
can
be
changed,
but
nothing
can
be
changed
until
it
is
faced.
She
quotes
from
James
Baldwin
every
one
of
us
in
this
house
has
a
responsibility
to
tackle
racism
head.