While there appears to be less outright violence or police brutality in Canada compared to the United States, racism is still an undeniable and prevalent problem in this country. One facet of racism that I have witnessed is racial stereotyping. In the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Asian hate crime rates skyrocketed. Because COVID-19 originated in China, some people blamed all people of Asian descent, going as far as to attack and chase them in the streets. Many Asian people are from families that have been in Canada for multiple generations. How could these individuals be the main cause of spreading disease more than anyone else? It is also unjust to assume that a person is new to the country or cannot speak English based on how they look, act, or dress. These assumptions are toxic and damaging. In one scene in To Kill A Mockingbird, Aunt Alexandra hosts her neighbours for tea at the Finch household. They discuss the Holocaust in Germany. They are completely blind to the similarities between Germany and Maycomb, their hometown. One group of people is actively persecuting and segregating a minority in their community in both places. This scene within the novel has allowed me to meditate upon the intricacies of racism within our society. One of the first things that comes to mind is ingrained racism. For example, a person who is brought up within a society where it is normal to hate and shun the Black community, will not register that this mindset is harmful because they have never known anything different. Even today many people in older generations do not want to believe the views they grew up with may be incorrect or harmful. People within many minorities have been rejected and excluded from society for so long by so many. Racism, ableism, transphobia, and homophobia are all equal in this regard. These issues have only been addressed on a large scale in recent years. Canadian society still has a long way to go before it could be considered a welcoming and accepting space.