I especially worry about the ways Canadians can be glib about our supposed difference from the US in our "acceptance" of "diversity."

If anything, I have witnessed the ways my art travels, or is rendered more accessible, when sanctioned by or connected to white artists.

I always work with text orally in the writing process, saying passages aloud to measure flow.

I am more likely to get paid for my art if it's presented alongside a white artist, so the questions around value and agency arise: What choices should I make, or do I have to make, if I want to be compensated for my work? Why isn't my art valued on its own?

Now is not the time for Canadians to be sanctimonious. It is time for us to be prudent and active.

I used singing as a safety measure. I would pay attention to what songs the popular girls liked, learn those songs from the radio or library cassettes, and then "accidentally" sing or hum these songs in class. This would impress the girls, who would then defend me from the boys.

I think white artists have a responsibility to be not only naming white supremacy, but to be using their power and privilege to support artists of color.