Dbi Young Anitafrika Stranded in Trinidad

d’bi young anitafrika is a renowned Jamaican-Canadian poet, musician and playwright. On March 6th, 2016 on her way back to Toronto from a working visit to Trinidad and Tobago she was racially profiled and targeted because of her Jamaican nationality and refused boarding onto her flight to Canada – despite being a Canadian citizen and having a valid Jamaican passport and proof of Canadian citizenship. d’bi is currently stranded in Tobago and joined Real Peoples Media to speak out about the racist and colonial border system that discriminates against her and so many other black and brown people.

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