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Oh, wow.
Oh! Hi there, friendlies. It's so good to see you.
We're just working on our art project together.
It's a friendship mural.
Yeah. We're all painting ourselves
and the things that make us special.
So I'm going to start with some blue paint
for my beautiful blue fur.
Oh, good idea.
I'm going to need some brown paint then.
And I'm going to colour my curly hair.
Oh, yeah.
I guess we'll all use different colours
because we all look different.
Isn't that cool?
The colour of our skin is a part of what is called race.
It's an important part of who we are
and playing games is an important part of who I am.
So I think I'm going to add a playing
card to this painting.
Oh, that's cool.
Oh, neat.
Hey.
What would you paint in your mural?
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Wow, I love that. You know what?
I am so lucky to have friends of all different races.
Oh, me too.
I have some friends that look like me
and some friends who don't, but I love them all.
Yeah. Race is an important part of who we are,
but it's not the only thing that makes us us.
Oh, that's right. See, I drew myself dancing
because that's a really important part of who I am.
Yeah.
Oh, that's a great idea, Janaye.
Then I'm going to use some glitter to show off my
sparkly unicornality.
[giggling]
Sparkle, sparkle. Sparkle, sparkle.
Sparkle, sparkle, and ta-da!
Wow! That IS really sparkly.
-Yeah. -[Janaye laughs]
Actually, I think it could use some more sparkles.
[intense] Stand back.
♪ ♪
[magical chimes]
♪ [upbeat synth]
♪ I'm proud ♪
♪ I am proud to be I'm proud to be me ♪
♪ I'm proud ♪
♪ I am proud to be I'm proud to be me ♪
♪ I'm proud of me ♪
♪ I can build a tower ♪
♪ I can jump, kick, and spin, I can dance for hours ♪
♪ I have my own style, I'm cool in every way ♪
♪ I like my smile, it makes me feel great ♪
♪ I believe that being me is someone that I'm proud to be ♪
♪ I'm proud ♪
♪ I am proud to be I'm proud to be me ♪
♪ I'm proud ♪
♪ I am proud to be I'm proud to be me ♪
♪ I'm proud of my family and the things we do
holidays, play time, and the yummy food ♪
♪ when we're together, I'm the luckiest
the things we do make us us ♪
♪ I believe that being me is someone that I'm proud to be ♪
♪ I'm proud ♪
♪ I am proud to be I'm proud to be me ♪
♪ I'm proud ♪
♪ I am proud to be I'm proud to be me ♪
♪ I love my hair, nose, eyes, and skin
I am great outside and in ♪
♪ sitting or standing, short or tall
I'm amazing overall ♪
♪ and so are you, you're marvellous
what makes you you makes you an A plus ♪
♪ you're the best you and I'm the best me
and we're proud of who we get to be ♪
♪ I believe that being me is someone that I'm proud to be ♪
♪ I'm proud ♪
♪ I am proud to be I'm proud to be me ♪
♪ I'm proud ♪
♪ I am proud to be I'm proud to be me ♪
♪ I'm proud ♪
♪ I am proud to be I'm proud to be me ♪
♪ I'm proud ♪
♪ I am proud to be I'm proud to be me ♪
♪ [ends]
Gary, I have a question for you.
Yes.
Do you know what racism is?
Uh... I'm trying to figure that out.
Can you tell me?
Racism is when you treat someone unfair
because of their skin colour like mine.
It's when people believe that they're better than someone
because of their skin colour and their background.
It's when somebody is not respecting somebody else's
culture or identity.
It's about when someone's getting bullied by the way
their skin colour is or their religion.
I'm Indigenous and it's very easy
to be spotted out of a crowd.
Back in the day, people used to treat
people with skin like this --
Yeah.
-- very good, but people with my skin, very poor.
That doesn't seem fair at all.
People there had to pretend they were white.
They did?
Yeah. That's how bad they were.
They had to pretend to -- practically change their race.
Why did they have to do that?
-Why did they have to change? -They changed it because
they were so scared of going to the residential schools
because they were taken away from their family
and practically everything that they'd love and know
was thrown out the window for --
Like, you're not even allowed to
speak your native language there.
That doesn't seem very fair at all, does it?
Yeah, very unfair.
You're a person and I'm a unicorn.
But I still like you.
And I still like you, too.
Uh-huh.
What do you think you can do if somebody is
treating you badly because of your skin?
We help them. Tell the person stop doing that. It's mean.
Everybody is different anyway.
Putting aside our differences and working together.
Talk to another person who has, like,
the colour of your skin that you have.
Mm-hmm.
And then actually talking to them will make you feel better.
I'm proud that you're Indigenous.
And I hope you're proud, too.
Yeah.
I think you're pretty awesome, Joshua.
You too.
I love you.
I love you too, Adria.
[Gary sighs]
Let's hug that out.
Mm-hmm.
[Gary sighs]
-This is what friends do. -That felt good.
It felt good for me too.
♪ [light]
Wow. These look so great.
Yeah, and I love what you did with your outfit
for yours, Janaye.
Oh, thanks, Tony.
Hey, check out Gary's hairdo. That's awesome.
-Whoa! -Yeah.
I like that they all look so different.
Just like us.
I am so glad there are all types of different
people in the world.
Me too,
but not everybody thinks that differences are great.
Sometimes people are treated really badly
because of the colour of their skin.
Yeah.
Especially if it's not white.
That's called racism.
Really?
-Yeah. -Yeah.
Racism has been around so long that it's become
part of a lot of our everyday things in our communities.
Racism is in our everyday life?
That's so mean.
Yeah.
How could something like that happen?
Well, imagine you had a teacher,
and the teacher made up a story about
how unicorns aren't as good as everyone else.
He got rid of books about unicorns, and he makes a rule
about how unicorns can't play on the computers.
Because your teacher is in charge,
the other students start to believe unicorns are bad too.
That's so mean.
Is that what racism is like?
Both: Yeah.
That's so unfair.
Yeah, racism is really unfair.
You know what, racism makes me feel
sad and bad and hurt.
Yeah, me too. Racism hurts people.
Mmm. It's never OK to treat somebody badly.
So, so, so what can I do to help stop racism?
That's a good question.
We can all work to help stop racism by being anti-racist.
And that means stopping racism when we see it happening
and treating other people fairly.
Hmm. Well, I can do that.
I think we can all do that.
Yeah.
Will you help too?
Great. Janaye, Tony, thanks for telling me about racism.
We can talk about racism any time you want, Gary.
Keeping the conversation going is a great way
to make a difference.
Yeah, and remember, you can always talk to a grown-up
you trust about racism.
We might not always have the answers,
but we can learn together
and learning is a great place to start.
Oh, I love to learn.
So let's go find out more about how to stop racism
right now.
Let's go to the library.
Let's go!
Oh, wait up!
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Why are people treated unfairly, do you think?
Sometimes people don't like other people.
Why do you think that people don't like other people?
Cause they're not, like, matching or something
like different skin colours
and different, like, clothes.
Mm hmm.
And, um, like, different stuff.
Sometimes they make assumptions about
different people without asking them if it's okay.
Why do you think people treat people unfairly?
Just because they have differences.
Some of the boys, sometimes they don't allow
girls to play with them.
Why not?
I have no idea.
I'm in a wheelchair and once I tried to join my soccer team,
but they, they said it might be challenging for me,
so I just didn't really bother.
That's unfair.
It really is unfair.
Have you ever been treated unfairly?
So, once a group of people said I couldn't play
because I had curly hair
and it was a game only for blonde hair and straight hair
and I was like, what Black kid would have straight blonde hair
and then I said, "that's racist".
That's just not right, is it?
No.
What can you do when you see someone being treated unfairly?
I would stick up for them.
I would tell them to stop
and if they keep on doing it, I would tell a grown-up.
Be brave, get the courage, and then stand up to
the person who's treating the other person unfair.
But you don't want to be rude to the person
who's not being kind either.
If they do something to you, then don't do it back.
Yeah.
And give them good and then they'll give you good.
Pretend that I'm being treated unfairly,
and somebody called me short.
[gasps]
What? I'm short?
Hey, don't call him short.
People are born in a different way.
Yeah.
For example, he's a unicorn, I'm human, and he's my friend.
Would you like it if he treated you like that,
we're all the same.
Yeah!
Just like my friend Joshua said.
I think if we're going to play a game,
then everybody with all different kinds of hair
should play, right?
Yeah, and different colours of skin.
And humans and unicorns can play together, too.
And mermaids.
And mermaids, we, of course,
we cannot forget mermaids.
No.
Go, Janaye!
Oop, ha!
Yeah!
[both hoot]
Yeah!
Oh, hello there, friendlies.
Janaye and I, we're just having a little game of slam dunk.
Yeah, and you're just in time for Gary's turn.
Yeah, OK.
Here I go.
[vocalizes]
OK.
♪ [upbeat]
Oh, gee-wilakers, that basket is really high up.
Hmm, you're right. It is pretty high for you.
Well, you know what?
Why don't we make it a little bit more fair?
I could pick you up and get you closer to the net.
Oh, well, that would help a lot,
but who's going to pick you up?
Oh, well, I don't need to be picked up
because I'm taller than you,
so it's easier for me to get to the basket,
but if I pick you up, then you have the same chance
of getting to the basket as I do.
Oh. So I get what I need to do a sweet slam dunk.
That's right, and when everyone gets what they need,
that's real fairness. It's called equity.
Oh, you know what? I love equity.
Me, too.
OK, then.
Well, I'm ready to do my best slam dunk yet.
OK. All right, here we go. Ready?
OK, here we go.
Gary go--
Yeah.
Sinks it! Haha.
Haha! Wow.
Wow! Now that was a slam dunk.
Mm hmm.
♪ [melodic]
♪ ♪
♪ you and I are different but we're both great ♪
♪ together we can make a world where we feel safe ♪
♪ if you're treated badly then that's not right ♪
♪ I will work to change it with all my might ♪
♪ so you can be you ♪
♪ and I can be me ♪
♪ and together we can be we ♪
♪ so you can be you ♪
♪ and I can be me ♪
♪ and we can make things fair for everybody ♪
♪ if your friends feel left out, help them along ♪
♪ we should all feel like we belong ♪
♪ we might be different but that's not wrong ♪
♪ because what makes us different also makes us strong ♪
♪ so you can be you ♪
♪ and I can be me ♪
♪ and together we can be we ♪
♪ so you can be you and I can be me ♪
♪ and we can make things fair for everybody ♪
♪ [ends]
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