It is clear that for many Canadians the Air India bombing was unthinkable—and thus unmemorable—as a tragedy of national consequence due to the dominant assumption that Canadian identity is synonymous with whiteness. Indeed, critics, as well as relatives of the dead, have raised the obvious question: would there have been such trouble recognising the bombing as a national tragedy if the majority of those killed were white rather than brown Canadians?
Does the national mourning as a result of the tragedy of PS752 mean then that Canada has since changed ? Angela Failler examines >>
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Does the national mourning as a result of the tragedy of PS752 mean then that Canada has since changed ? Angela Failler examines >>
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