Tag Archives: Reena Virk

REENA VIRK (1983-1997): A POEM AND ROUNDTABLE IN REMEMBRANCE

Reena Virk, a 14 year old South Asian girl living in British Columbia, Canada was murdered in a racist attack by schoolmates in 1997. Today, November 14 2014, makes it 17 years since Reena was killed. The poem Reena is … Continue reading

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A KICK[in the ass]START FROM A READER: PLANNING FOR YEAR 3

A KICK[in the ass from a reader]START: PLANNING FOR YEAR 3 By Jorge Antonio Vallejos I am in my office: my room.  My ass is on the hardwood floor, boxes of books are all around me, stacks of The New Yorker … Continue reading

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FORGIVE AND EDUCATE KYLA PAWIS AKA RACIST BRAMPTON GIRL HATES BROWN PEOPLE

White Supremacy has been on my mind this week as I saw a lot of it on Face Book via links to articles and videos. I wrote an article called White Supremacy All Around Me. A video by Kyla Pawis helped … Continue reading

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REMEMBERING REENA VIRK: PROSE AND REFLECTIONS BY GITANJALI LENA

This week we’ve been remembering Reena Virk on blackcoffeepoet.com.  Monday saw the 14 year anniversary of her murder. Reena was 14 and killed 14 years ago on November 14, 1997: 14, 14, 14. We had a very educational video roundtable and … Continue reading

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REMEMBERING REENA VIRK: INTERVIEW WITH DR. MYTHILI RAJIVA, CO-EDITOR OF “REENA VIRK: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON A CANADIAN MURDER”

Mythili Rajiva is associate professor of Sociology at Saint Mary’s University (Halifax, Nova Scotia). Her research focuses on girlhood, the Canadian South Asian diaspora, and racialized identities. Her work has appeared in such journals as The Canadian Review of Sociology, … Continue reading

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REMEMBERING REENA VIRK: VIDEO ROUNTABLE + REVIEW OF “REENA VIRK: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON A CANADIAN MURDER”

Reena Virk: Critical Perspectives on a Canadian Murder Edited by Mythili Rajiva and Sheila Batacharya Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos One Brown girl. Two killers with white privilege. Seven attackers. Twenty onlookers. This is the Reena Virk case. November 14, … Continue reading

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REMEMBERING THE WOMEN FORGOTTEN ON DECEMBER 6TH: POETRY BY SHAUNGA TAGORE, MEL GAYLE, AND BLACK COFFEE POET

Shaunga Tagore hates writing bios (but secretly likes it) and not so secretly works as a writer, editor, performer and arts-educator in Toronto. Please see the song “bitch” by meredith brooks for a more detailed and accurate personality profile. And … Continue reading

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