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Race, Space, and Place
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<em>Christie v. The York Corporation</em>, [1940] S.C.R. 139
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Canada
Freedom of Contract
Discrimination
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In this case, Fred Christie, a Black man living in Montreal, sued the York Tavern after the latter refused to sell him a glass of beer. The case involved the freedom of contract, including the right to discriminate provided that there are no laws or regulations that would otherwise forbid such discrimination in the contractual context. (The case occurred well before any Canadian province had enacted human rights legislation.) The Majority of the Supreme Court of Canada held in favour of the York Tavern, rebuffing Christie's claims of discrimination and humiliation. <br /><br />Of particular note is the decision of the dissenting judge, Mr. Justice Davis. At the time, any right to be free from discrimination was a collectively held right. That is, rights were not yet conceptualized as being held by individuals. Instead, one would have had to bring oneself within a group that enjoyed special protections or privileges in order to enjoy protections. As a Black man, Christie could have been construed as an outsider in the predominantly white Montreal. Davis J, however, notes a number of important traits about Christie that seem to bring Christie within the "we" group entitled to protection: Christie was originally from another British colony (Jamaica) that was a member of the Commonwealth; Christie had been in Canada for 20 years; he had a good job as a chauffeur; and, crucially, he was a Montreal Canadiens season's ticket holder. Furthermore, Davis J. was under the impression that Christie was attending a hockey game when he went to the tavern for that glass of beer. Christie had in fact been to the tavern before and had been served on previous occasions. The decision of Davis J. paints a picture of a Montrealer who was unfairly denied a glass of beer at a tavern connected to the Forum itself during a hockey game. Perhaps this understanding of who Christie was (an insider, a member of the "we" community) affected Davis J's interpretation of the law. Davis J found in favour of Christie. <br /><br />One of the most interesting dimensions of the case involves a factual error made by Davis J. Davis J thought that Christie was attending a hockey game. He was not. The incident in question occurred on July 11, 1936. No one was playing hockey at the Forum on that particular night. Instead, there was a boxing match taking place. Boxing was (and arguably still is) a highly racialized sport. There apparently were concerns about racial tensions in Montreal as a result of the boxing match. This may explain why Christie, who had been served beer on other occasions at the York Tavern, was not welcome on this particular occasion. Blacks and whites could watch hockey together, but not boxing. In this regard, the case illustrates how race is mapped out onto the city of Montreal and its social life and how Black men like Fred Christie had to navigate the space in his life, which could alternately be safe or discriminatory, depending on the context.
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Supreme Court of Canada
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<em>Christie v. The York Corporation</em>, [1940] S.C.R. 139
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Supreme Court of Canada
Lexum: <a href="https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/8489/index.do" target="_blank">https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/8489/index.do</a>
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May 10, 1939
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(c) Supreme Court of Canada
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English
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Text
canada
discrimination
hockey
human rights
race
racial identity
sports
Supreme Court of Canada
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Canadian Values
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Idlenomore_Victoria
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Canada
values
rights
Indigenous Peoples
Idle No More
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This photograph captures Idle No More protesters marching along Government Street in Victoria on December 21, 2012.
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R.a. paterson
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By r.a. paterson [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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Self Published
Wikimedia Commons
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December 21, 2012
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By r.a. paterson [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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English
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canada
human rights
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This photograph captures Idle No More protesters marching along Government Street in Victoria on December 21, 2012.
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R.a. paterson
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December 21, 2012
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Riot at Christie Pits
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Canada
Sports
history
human rights
riots
anti-Semitism
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This is the only known photograph of the riots at Christie Pits in Toronto, 1933. Here is a description of the event provided by The Canadian Museum for Human Rights, online: <a href="https://humanrights.ca/riot-christie-pits" target="_blank">https://humanrights.ca/riot-christie-pits</a> <br /><br />"
<blockquote><span>On the night of August 16, 1933, after a softball game at Toronto’s Christie Pits Park, a gang of young men unfurled a white banner. On it was a black swastika, symbolic of Nazi Germany’s persecution of Jews. It was directed at a team of mostly Jewish teens from Toronto’s Harbord Playground. Anti-Semitism had been mounting in Toronto, then an overwhelmingly British, Protestant city. Groups called “swastika clubs” had formed to intimidate Jews. The banner sparked a riot. Youth from Italian and Ukrainian backgrounds rallied to the Jewish side. The six-hour brawl marked a turning point for resistance to anti-Semitism. It led to a Toronto ban on the swastika."</span></blockquote>
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Description of the Toronto Public Archives record, online: <a href="http://gencat4.eloquent-systems.com/webcat/request/Action?ClientSession=-16c19056:15abbf4ebfb:-7c6a&UniqueID=6000_1580_11104_4&TemplateProcessID=6000_1580_11104&PromptID=&ParamID=&CMD_(SearchRequest)%5B0%5D=&ProcessID=&1POI31_240=-KEY_46341&2POI1_51345=30791&Logic=1%20AND%202" target="_blank">http://gencat4.eloquent-systems.com/webcat/request/Action?ClientSession=-16c19056:15abbf4ebfb:-7c6a&UniqueID=6000_1580_11104_4&TemplateProcessID=6000_1580_11104&PromptID=&ParamID=&CMD_(SearchRequest)[0]=&ProcessID=&1POI31_240=-KEY_46341&2POI1_51345=30791&Logic=1%20AND%202</a><br /><br /><br /><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="73%">
<blockquote><span style="font-size:small;">Item is an image showing the riot that took place at Christie Pits (Willowvale Park) on August 16, 1933. The riot, which lasted six hours, broke out after a quarter-final baseball game at Christie Pits between two local clubs: Harbord Playground, predominantly Jewish, and St. Peter's, a baseball team sponsored by a church at Bathurst and Bloor streets. The night of the riot was the second game between Harbord and St. Peter's. Two nights earlier, at the first game of the series, a swastika had been displayed. After the final out of the second game, Pit Gang members displayed a blanket with a large swastika painted on it. A number of Jewish boys and young men who had heard about the previous Swastika incident rushed the Swastika sign to destroy it. Supporters of both sides (including Italians who supported the Jews) from the surrounding area joined in, and a fight started. No one was killed in the riot.</span></blockquote>
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</tr></tbody></table><br /><blockquote><span>The riot revealed the xenophobic attitudes toward Jews and other non-Anglo immigrants among Anglo Canadians. Jews represented the largest minority in Toronto in 1933 and were thus a target of xenophobic residents. In August 2008, a Heritage Toronto plaque was presented to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the riot.</span></blockquote>
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"Anti-Semitic Riot at Christie Pits Park", Toronto Archives, Fonds 1266, Globe and Mail collection, Item 30791, online: <a href="http://gencat4.eloquent-systems.com/webcat/request/Action?ClientSession=-16c19056:15abbf4ebfb:-7c6a&UniqueID=6000_1580_11104_4&TemplateProcessID=6000_1580_11104&PromptID=&ParamID=&CMD_(SearchRequest)%5B0%5D=&ProcessID=&1POI31_240=-KEY_46341&2POI1_51345=30791&Logic=1%20AND%202" target="_blank">http://gencat4.eloquent-systems.com/webcat/request/Action?ClientSession=-16c19056:15abbf4ebfb:-7c6a&UniqueID=6000_1580_11104_4&TemplateProcessID=6000_1580_11104&PromptID=&ParamID=&CMD_(SearchRequest)[0]=&ProcessID=&1POI31_240=-KEY_46341&2POI1_51345=30791&Logic=1%20AND%202</a>
"Riot at Christie Pits", The Canadian Museum for Human Rights, online: <a href="https://humanrights.ca/riot-christie-pits">https://humanrights.ca/riot-christie-pits</a>
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Toronto Archives
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August 16, 1933
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Public Domain
Credit: City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1266, Item 30791
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"Riot at Christie Pits", The Canadian Museum for Human Rights, online: <a href="https://humanrights.ca/riot-christie-pits">https://humanrights.ca/riot-christie-pits</a>
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image file/jpeg
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English
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Photograph
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City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1266, Item 30791
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Christie PIts
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