Racism and the Montreal Computer Incident of 1969

For estimates of the damage, see The Gazette ( Montreal) (12 February 1969); The Montreal Star (11 February 1969). See also Dennis Forsythe (ed.) Let the Niggers Burn—The Sir George Williams University Affair and its Caribbean Aftermath ( Montreal, Black Rose Books, Our Generation Press, 1971), pp. 7-8. The latter consists of a series of articles aimed at presenting the black viewpoint of the Sir George incident.

Robin W. Winks , The Blacks in Canada (New Haven, Yale University Press, 1971), p. 17. I have drawn generously from Professor Winks' book, and his other published works on this subject.

Ibid, p. 127.

Ibid., p. 149.

Ibid, pp. 212-3.

Harold H. Potter , 'Negroes in Canada', Race (Vol. III, No. 1, November 1961), p. 48.

Ibid., p. 40.

Robin W. Winks , 'The Canadian Negro: A Historical Assessment, Part 1', The Journal of Negro History (Vol. LIII, No. 4, October 1968), p. 288.

Winks , The Blacks in Canada , p. 296.

Ibid, p. 298.

H.V. Dicks , 'Psychological Factors in Prejudice', Race (Vol. I, No. 1, November 1959), p. 35.

Winks , The Blacks in Canada, pp. 362-3.

Potter , 'Negroes in Canada', p. 40.

Gunnar Myrdal , An American Dilemma; The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy (New York, 1944), Vol. 1, pp. 60-1.

Robin W. Winks , 'The Canadian Negro: A Historical Assessment, Part II', The Journal of Negro History (Vol. LIV, No. 1, January 1969), pp. 3-4.

Winks , The Blacks in Canada, p. 473.

I have based my judgments on the comments and positions adopted by individual students, and student bodies, as published in the University's newspaper. The editorial position of the newspaper also favoured the establishment of an impartial body to investigate into the matter. See for instance, the georgian (28 January 1969).

The Montreal Star (17 February 1969).

Thomas Schelling , The Strategy of Conflict ( New York, Oxford University Press, 1960), pp. 4-6.

Quoted in The Montreal Star (11 February 1969), p. 2.

Cf. Time (Canada edition) (21 February 1969), p. 12.

For a similar argument, see The Gazette (12 February 1969), p. 9.

The Montreal Star (12 February 1969).

Time, op cit., p. 12.

The Montreal Star (11 February 1969), p. 2.

The Gazette (12 February 1969), p. 1.

Edward Byron Reuter , The American Race Problem ( New York, Thomas Y. Crowell, 1970 ), p. 140.

Quoted in the georgian (28 January 1969), p. 8.

The second anniversary of the incident was celebrated in 1971 with the publication of a newspaper titled, Black Spark Edition, (18 February 1971).