“‘All of, most of these boys are self-destructive. They have no sense. They don’t stay in school long enough to graduate and go on to higher education where they can think … they’re robbing corner stores.”
“The two women then spoke of their daughters, and Ms. Steele snapped, ‘The boys are the trouble. Black boys refuse to take responsibility for their behaviour and for themselves. They don’t like to work. They like to walk around at night and sleep during the day. They don’t have any intention of being men, and being responsible men. You understand me.’
“A few minutes later, [the former president of the Canadian Jamaican Association] said, ‘These black boys make my stomach sick. They make my stomach sick.”
