​If you were absent today, we finished watching the Viola Desmond documentary and completed response questions. Please finish the video and answer the questions on loose leaf.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI00i9BtsQ8 

Response Questions to the Documentary “Long Road to Justice - The Viola Desmond Story”

 1.      Describe the discrimination against Black Canadians in Nova Scotia in 1946.

2.      Are you surprised that racism existed in Canada in 1946 (end of WWII)? Explain.

3.      What did Viola Desmond do in the Roseland Theatre and why?

4.      How was she treated when arrested? How did she react? What does her reaction tell you about her?

5.      How was the trial unfair?

6.      Do you think that Viola Desmond deserves to be on the Canadian $10 bill? Explain.

7.      Do you think that racism exists in Canada in 2019? Explain​.​