Geburtsdatum | Freitag, 09. April 1982 |
Geburtsort | Red Deer, Alberta, Canada |
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Beschreibung | Desmond Cole (born 9 April 1982) is a Canadian journalist, activist, author, and broadcaster who lives in Toronto, Ontario. He was previously a columnist for the Toronto Star and has written for The Walrus, NOW Magazine, Torontoist, The Tyee, Toronto Life, and BuzzFeed. Cole's activism has received national attention, specifically on the issues of police carding, racial discrimination, and dismantling systemic racism. Cole was the subject of a 2017 CBC Television documentary, The Skin We're In and also hosted a radio show on Newstalk 1010 from 2015 to 2020. His first book, The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power, was released in January 2020 and became the bestselling Canadian book that year. |
