#IStandWithMunira born out of racist graffiti targeting Ward 2 candidate
"Go back home" were the words scrawled in red on a campaign sign of Ward 2 candidate Munira Abukar over the long weekend. Her face had been scribbled out and her name overwritten with "b----."
#IStandWithMunira filled with compassionate and supportive tweets
"Go back home" were the words scrawled in red on a campaign sign of Ward 2 candidate Munira Abukar over the long weekend. Her face had been scribbled out and her name overwritten with "b----."
In an interview with CBC News, the 22-year-old said "it's not a matter of being sad. It's a matter of taking anger and applying it positively and saying 'I don't give in to hate. I don't give in to coercion and bullying.'"