The Flying Monkey

For our next installment of Theatre in Multiculture: Perspectives, Ruby Slippers Theatre interviews Nina Lee Aquino. Nina discusses how systemic racism and intersectionality have affected

Racism is not just a few ignorant bad apples. Racism is systemic by its very nature; it cannot flourish without power. So “reverse racism” for white people? Not even possible, because racialized peoples in Canada do not have the power to enforce it on a systemic level. To make parallels with Australian philosopher Kate Manne’s work on misogyny and the patriarchy, white supremacy is the social order of white dominance maintained through the subordination and servitude of racialized peoples, while systemic racism is the many structures, forms, and methods employed to keep people of colour in their place.

Veenesh Dubois discusses how systemic racism has affected her career in the theatre industry. “There are so many people out there that have these great