The early 20th Century was probably the high tide of global white supremacy - I'm going to call it that because that's how people thought of it - and….

Redefine the sport in terms of your expertise, in terms of your talent, in terms of your strength, in terms of your flair. Make it interesting. Make ….

Sport is cultural. What the star athlete does helps to define the culture. What the star athlete does on a Canadian team, especially if he or she is ….

Sports are never just sports, we all know that. You're always carrying the flag in some way, shape or form..

Keep on being a star in your own right. Keep on defining yourself. Don't be defined by others..

Donna E. Smyth - adventures with words; she is always doing something new and unique. Beginning with her visceral morality, her stories are startling….

I suppose the "dilemma" might come up if I see a black athlete from the U.S. squaring off against a white Canadian athlete. Who do I want to identify….

A symbolic victory is still a victory..

I feel lucky to live at a time when the dominant tennis players are Venus and Serena Williams. And to have lived through the success of a whole slew ….

The only good produced by the disappearance of Africville was the appearance of a conscious black nationalism … In this regard, Consecrated Ground is….

I still think that there's some kind of psychological investment in black athletes carrying the flag for "us" at times. So, sports [remains a] metaph….

Boxing remains an important living metaphor of the struggle for equality..

The way racism works in Canada, it's very subtle. You may feel you're a victim of racism or have experienced racism, but you can't necessarily prove ….

A rural Venus, Selah rises from thegold foliage of the Sixhiboux River, sweepspetals of water from her skin. At once,clouds begin to sob for such bea….

The moon twangs its silver strings; The river swoons into town; The wind beds down in the pines, Covers itself with stars..

All books are merely delayed dust..