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In , Social Science Professor discusses the levels of exclusion that Black Canadians are subjected to in the banking industry.
Hossein鈥檚 article was originally published in , and republished by the . In it, she gives multiple examples of scenarios where Black Canadians have been racially profiled by bank employees. She explains that often people of colour will have a difficult time accessing money, borrowing money or banks will even deny them because of the colour of their skin.
鈥淚t鈥檚 no wonder Black people want to redo the way banking works,鈥 says Hossein, whose 鈥渃urrent research examines business exclusion for racialized Canadians and how they co-opt resources to create vibrant local economies.鈥 She continues on to write that many 鈥渉yphenated Canadians engage in mutual aid groups or peer-to-peer banking institutions.鈥
Hossein highlights 鈥淏anker Ladies,鈥 a group of women who come together and organize rotating savings and credit associations (ROCAs) in a voluntary manner so they can meet their social and economic needs when they move to big cities without having to lean on big city banks.
鈥淐anada鈥檚 Banker Ladies are a perfect example of self-help, economic co-operation, love and the sharing economy because what they do is ensure the betterment of society,鈥 Hossein writes.
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