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From YouTube: JUNE 17 2021 Statements Aman Singh
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
2nd Session
42nd Parliament
A
Member
for
richmond
queensborough-
thank
you,
mr
speaker,
probably
the
tightest
spot
in
the
in
the
house
here
at
the
close
of
this
session,
I'm
reminded
of
our
collective
obligations
as
we
head
back
to
our
respective
homes,
as
I
walked
up
towards
what
is
truly
a
majestic
building
adorned
with
stone
and
topped
in
teal
domes.
I
was
struck
by
the
blanket
of
shoes
and
orange
shirts
that
greeted
me.
The
last
few
weeks
have
been
a
particular
particularly
poignant
reminder
of
how
deep
racism
and
white
supremacy
runs
in
our
society.
A
The
reminder
from
kamloops
of
the
harsh
reality
of
colonialism
and
the
numerous
injustices,
violence
and
genocide
perpetrated
on
indigenous
people
in
the
past
and
still
very
much
alive
in
the
vestiges
of
colonialism.
Today,
the
rapid
rise
of
racism,
even
calling
it
a
rise,
seems
to
me
a
misnomer
as
that
racism
has
always
been
there
under
the
very
thin
veneer
of
respectability
and
tolerance.
A
It
is,
in
fact,
one
of
the
seminal
founding
concepts
of
this
country
and
something
that
we
need
to
fight
and
work
against
every
day
that
we
show
up
here
the
impact
on
covert
and
laying
bear
the
anti-asian
sentiment
that
lay
just
under
that
veneer
to
the
sickening
rise
of
hate,
white
supremacy
and
islamophobia,
whose
natural
result
we
saw
in
the
murder
of
the
family.
In
london
I
spoke
with
members
of
the
muslim
community.
Two
of
the
larger
mosques
are
located
in
the
constituency
which
I
represent.
That
incident
did
not
come
as
a
shock
to
them.
A
They
did
not
have
a.
How
could
it
happen
here
a
moment
they
have
seen
the
rise
of
hate,
and
this,
as
I
said,
is
the
natural
result.
They
reminded
me
that
these
actions
don't
happen
in
a
vacuum.
They
start
with
seemingly
innocuous
comments
and
attitudes.
Dog
whistling
often
centered
around
the
othering
of
racialized
people
targeting
the
most
vulnerable
refugees,
immigrants,
immigration
policies,
we've
all
spoken
about
this
hate
and
how
it
affects
us
are
the
ones
we
love
our
grandchildren,
spouses,
friends
as
we
step
away
from
here.
A
I
hope
that
you
will
join
me
in
looking
within
yourselves
and
make
the
space
in
your
communities
to
listen
to
the
stories
and
the
words
of
the
people
affected
and
that
you'll
hear
those
words
so
that
when
we
get
back
here,
we
can
continue
together
to
make
the
decisions
that
will
take
us
to
a
better
place
and
that
allow
us
to
confront
the
reality
of
the
history
of
violence
and
genocide.
That
is
so
much
a
part
of
this
place.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.