And the way we deal with it is by listening. By being wrong. By actively trying to do better.
Agree. It's by listening. I listened to the audio, it didn't appear that he lost an argument to me. It didn't appear that he was trying to argue, but rather that he was engaging in a conversation. This wasn't something that was desired. Seemed to me he had an informed perspective as someone that had taught in both countries and was attempting to point out that Canada has issues with equality but that Canada is not doing a worse job than the US. And the way we deal with it is by listening
amen. Listening is a two way street. All the rest of this story doesn't mean much to me, including his suicide btw. It's the exchange and how it was re-framed into him being a racist. That's no good. It does nothing to help foster more equity and inclusion to shut down dialog. He had something to offer the discussion and was promptly shut down. I can't imagine you listened to that exchange and genuinely thought to yourself that what he was saying was egregious racism. The audio IS the burger, the rest is nothing.