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Islamophobic Posters: Telephone Surveys and Memorial University

islamophobic posters: While one could claim these are isolated incidents, these events have pointed to a larger issue at play, according to The Chronicle Herald. In Newfoundland and Labrador, visible minorities defined as non-Indigenous and non-white are discriminated against based on the colour of their skin, according to a recent survey by Corporate Research Associates, a global public opinion and market research company. Racist and Islamophobic posters were found at Memorial University and Blackface was portrayed at the local branch of the Law Enforcement Torch Run. It operates the independent Atlantic Quarterly and it conducts quarterly telephone surveys to track political, economic and social trends affecting residents in the Atlantic region. Blackface was portrayed at the local branch of the Law Enforcement Torch Run. In the survey, only four per cent of respondents reported that they experienced racial discrimination five or more years ago, but nine per cent said that they were the targets of racial discrimination in the last five years, suggesting that racism in the province has been increasing. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.