The Premier has responded to questions about criticism by the police union that she suggested the TPS is afflicted with systemic racism. Mr. Wynne said her remarks with Black Lives Matter have been misunderstood. She was talking about systemic racism in a larger context. She cited examples of “groups that are not achieving at the same rate as other groups” and the over representation of some groups in the jail population. The concern that these matters are related to systemic racism may strain the definition of the word for many although racism is something of an etymological wildfire with additional meanings springing up all the time.
