Don’t Need Saving: Aboriginal Women and Access to Justice
Last week Toronto non-profit METRAC (Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children) and Audrey Huntley of Wolf Dog Productions launched a new short film: “Don’t Need Saving: Aboriginal Women and Access to Justice.”
Now the video’s been uploaded to YouTube and I’ve embedded it below because I think it’s important. The video features interviews with several Aboriginal women who explain some of the key issues they face, including racist stereotypes and a perception by white people that they “need saving”
-Jarrah
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