Experiencing Poverty in New Brunswick
One of the few aspects in my life that I don’t tend to discuss openly is growing up in poverty. As I mentioned in a previous blog about my sobriety, there is a lot of stigma around poor people and […]
The Stigma Around Addicts
The first time I had alcohol it was rubbed on my gums to numb them from teeth growing in. I was probably 7. A few years later, I was allowed a sip of a cooler to taste it. I was […]
Allon McCall – Black in the Maritimes Contributor
Allon McCall. Age 43. Thats me. I’d like to think i’m a creative and a thinker. I am a musician (drummer) for the hard rock/ metal band _ECHOSEVEN. I’m a songwriter, producer, recording engineer, screenwriter, bouncer, on air TV host, […]
Hillary LeBlanc – Black in the Maritimes Blogger
When I was first asked to be a part of the Black in the Maritimes Podcast, I was honestly shocked. I wasn’t sure if I was being asked because of my recently loudness about sobriety, because I was talking about […]
Clinton G. Davis – Black in the Maritimes A/V and Social Media Marketing Co-Ordinator
My Name is Clinton G. Davis, born and raised in Toronto with a Jamaican Father and a mother from PEI. Despite my parents’ best efforts to not see colour, my 3 siblings and I while not Black nor White, didn’t […]
Fidel Franco – Black in the Maritimes Co-Founder
I’m a creative guy with a passion for change. I started the Black in the Maritimes podcast due to some questions that I could not get answers to and conversations that barely happen in Canadian media like “Why there are […]
Marcus Marcial – Black in the Maritimes Co-Founder
My name is Marcus Marcial. I am a proud black man, the guitarist of Sonic Detour and I am one of the co founders of black in the maritimes podcast. I was born and raised on the East Coast of […]
Hair Goals?
Over two years ago I wrote a blog about my hair journey up until that point. I recounted having been bullied about my curls and my afro, how much I had previously hated those curls and chemically straightened them to try to […]
Asking Blacks if they Can Handle the Cold is Racist.
Recently, podcast guest Tamara Steele discussed the difference between unintentional biases and blatant racism. She expressed that PEI had more instances of unintentional biases then racism, and I wanted to explore what unintentional biases are for those unaware. Washington.edu defines […]
Black and Bisexual
I never grew up questioning my sexuality. I was too busy worrying about being teased, my Blackness and the state of my mother’s mental health to even consider liking something other than boys. From a very early age I was […]