7. So some Toronto Sun history. Sun founded in 1971. Founding editor and long-time guiding spirit Peter Worthington was apartheid supporter.
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8. Until the very end of Apartheid in South Africa, Toronto Sun ran many columns & editorials defending white supremacy in that country.
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9. From early 1970s til 1990, Sun had feature columnist McKenzie Porter who wrote frequent vocal columns advocating eugenics.
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10. Porter's position was government should encourage those of good genetic stock to breed, sterilize inferior breeds.
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11. From its earliest days, Sun ran many articles and columns demonizing immigrants, especially blacks.
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12. A piquant example. In 1980s there was scandal at Pearson Airport over immigration officials who forced a Jamaican woman to strip.
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13. Christie Blatchford wrote column in Sun on controversy saying that Jamaican women routinely strip in front of officers to embarrass them
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@pomeranian99 I'm going by memory, but that was the gist of her column.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@pomeranian99 In general, Blatchford had terrible relations with Jamaican-Canadian community.
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