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Museum London Looks at Racism in the City's Past

The Agenda with Steve Paikin

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The London museum's ,Difficult Terrain, exhibit uses dozens of objects and images to illuminate racist elements of the city's past. Over the years, the museum has amassed a collection of toys, postcards, and packages that perpetuate racist stereotypes - and, as Ontario Hubs field producer Jeyan Jeganathan explains, some of the attitudes and false assumptions behind them persist to this day.

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