Longtime civil rights defender Dan Philip was honoured by B'nai Brith for his lifetime work of building relations between Black and Jewish communities.
A Quebec leader, the 87-year-old is well-known for advocating for the rights of the Black community and has often spoken out against racism and discrimination.
But on Wednesday, in a small, intimate ceremony, he was honoured for other work he’s done — his willingness to stand up against antisemitism. “Beyond being the person who fought for desegregation of the taxi industry, or laws against discrimination in housing, he also worked to combat antisemitism and build good relations between the Black and Jewish communities,” said Marvin Rotrand, the national director of the League for Human Rights, B’nai Brith Canada.It was also an opportunity for friends, leaders in the Black community and other groups representing visible minorities to gather and salute him for the work he’s done.
On Wednesday, he spoke softly but sternly about the need to acknowledge and address systemic racism in Quebec.“When it happens to somebody else, we have to stand,” Philip said. “So that when it happens to us, somebody else will stand.”
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