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Racism Against Oscar Peterson

Submitted by Khalid on Sun, 2006/07/30 - 16:11

Another shameful and un-Canadian racism incident in Canada.

Jazz player Oscar Peterson is being racially taunted by a group of youth who drive by his house.

Peterson was born in Montreal, and now lives in Mississauga.

He is a companion of the Order of Canada, had his photo on a stamp. He is 81 years old.

From his comments in the interview, it seems the slurs or taunts made threats to his family as well.

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CBC coverage

Submitted by Khalid on Mon, 2006/07/31 - 12:04.

The CBC has coverage for this as well.

They mention that he is the first living individual, other than the Queen or a member of the royal family, to be honored on a stamp.
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Khalid Baheyeldin

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racism

Submitted by Bernard Goovaerts (not verified) on Tue, 2006/11/07 - 16:26.

No one deserves this kind of stupid actions and especially not Oscar Peterson, who, apart from being one of the greatest pianoplayers ever, is also one of the greatest anti-racism ambassadors in the world. And then at his age of 81! If Canada's people start to act like that, Oscar Peterson is more than welcome in Holland!

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