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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@DoodlePeter@DPHowat Yeah, what we think of as terrible columnist are gold for editors who want to stir up controversy.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet@DoodlePeter But whyyy. Why the predilection for controversy over content?! I know there's probably no easy answer.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@DPHowat @DoodlePeter Sadly, there is a chunk of the population that also agrees with this stuff.
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