I am a straight, white, 28 year old Canadian male.
I, like so many others just like me, have literally ZERO idea what it’s like to be persecuted for my skin, or who I love, or what I believe in. I have never been the recipient of hate speech and I have never had a police officer draw a gun on me. I’ve lived my life free of worry that one day I could be beat up or killed for who I am.
Joel Ward has not. Like so many other people of color, he has lived a life of hate and bigotry.