Now Available Online and in Bookstores across North America
Nimbus Publishing 2022
The anticipated debut by a biracial community leader and citizen activist explores his lived experience of systemic racism in North America and the paths to change.
“If you’ve ever wondered if Canadians of African descent have convincingly made the case that systemic anti-Black racism is a living reality, worry no more, because Stephen Dorsey’s scintillating and powerful book lays out the most compelling case yet. Black & White is informative, interesting, and challenging, while carefully footnoted with historical truths from both Canada and the United States. What makes it even more convincing is that the biracial and bilingual author shares with us the painful, shockingly personal anti-Black racism encountered in his own home throughout his formative years. Beautifully written — a must-read.”
Senator Donald Oliver, CM, ONS, QC, author of A Matter of Equality
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EVENTS FEATURING STEPHEN DORSEY
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TIFA: Critical Conversation: Changing the System, Not the Subject: Black Lives Matter in 2022
September 29 at 7:30pm, Harbourfront, Toronto
Stephen Dorsey, author of Black and White is a featured panelist at the Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA) along with authors Tajja Isen (Some of my Best Friends) and Debra Thompson (The Long Road Home: On Blackness and Belonging). Moderated by Angelyn Francis.
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Canada’s Untold History: Andrew Hunter & Brian Martin
October 01 at 3:30pm
Author Stephen Dorsey (Black and White) moderates this revealing conversation with Andrew Hunter author of It Was Dark There All the Time, and Brian Martin, author of From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge, exploring a more fulsome history of Canada as it relates to the North American slave trade and the role the colony played in the Civil War.
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The Balancing Act of Non-Fiction
September 11, 2022 @ 1:45PM
The Balancing Act of Nonfiction
Presenters: Elamin Abdelmahmoud (Son of Elsewhere), Stephen Dorsey (Black & White), and Harley Rustad (Lost in the Valley of Death).
Join our panelists to learn about the process of writing and publishing compelling books that lay bare their own truths and that of others.
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More About “Black and White”
A powerful blend of autobiography and social analysis, Black & White is an intimate portrait and compelling excavation of systemic racism in North America — from our health-care and education systems, to policing and law, to a deep analysis of the uniquely intersectional discrimination faced by minorities in Stephen Dorsey's home province of Quebec.
With an inclusive and accessible approach, aimed at community connection and education, Dorsey delves deep into Canada's history of racial discrimination and, by contrasting it with that of our American neighbours, debunks our nation's mythological narrative, providing necessary context on white privilege, which he calls "white advantage", and offers concrete pathways to lasting societal change.
“My race duality has given me a unique perspective on both the Black and white experience in Canada. … What became most evident to me — most universal — was an important need for building bridges of understanding between Black and white Canadians. A need to inform and educate so that hopefully, in due time, we can achieve real change.”
Holding readers gently to account, Black & White is the book for the ally in all of us.