Black History Month in Montreal is like no other. Only two women, out of the eight total winners, are being honoured this year—Laurraine Leblanc and Maryse Legagneur.
Leblanc, pictured above, is a Montreal publicist who filed a complaint about Couche Tard under the Quebec human rights commission for racist candy wrappers. The wrappers depicted a spider as having the face of a black man, replete with an offensive sneer and dreadlocks for spiderlegs. She won, and the Couche-Tard was ordered to donate $18,000 to a youth group in Little Burgundy.
Don't eat this candy.
Legagneur on the other hand, is a getting-established Quebécoise documentarian. She made a doc, Au nom de la mère et du fils about "immigrant experience in Quebec. It follows the daily lives of two young men of Haitian origin in the Montreal neighbourhood of Saint-Michel," (from the NFB website). Next flick is Labsus.
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Thank you for your recognition. As women, especially Black, we have a responsibility to our peers and children to not only set the example but to also demand the respect that we deserve.
Thanks again,
Laurraine Leblanc
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