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Dep racism Dépanneur owner Ibou Diouf arrived at work last Sunday morning to find the windows of his shop at the corner of Chomedey and Ste-Catherine were plastered with posters featuring a young white couple, which read "Keep Canada white and livable bright." "I can't believe we're just a few years before 2000 and yet this sort of thing is still going on," says Diouf, a Senegalese immigrant and Université de Montréal graduate whose store has become a neighbourhood social hub. "White, black, latino, old and young--there's no discrimination here," he says.
Last March the window to Diouf's shop was smashed but nothing was stolen. A year ago, similar posters were taped to a nearby tree. Though he thinks the incidents are related, he has no way of proving it. Local residents have begun an informal neighbourhood watch to keep an eye out for any suspicious activity. Matthew Hays
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