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A new, first-of-its-kind report documents a "a serious racism problem" within the Toronto District School Board, with reports of anti-Black racism exceeding all other hate incidents documented in the past school year.

The annual report by the board's human rights office examined reports of hate activity among its more than 245,000 students and 40,000 staff over a two-year period from 2018 to 2020.

The findings give "cause for deep concern," it said.

"The data clearly indicates that the board continues to have a serious racism problem... Incidents of racism and hate occur in TDSB schools daily and they do so in significant numbers."

The report found race-related complaints made up 69 per cent of all reported hate incidents in the 2019-2020 school year, with anti-Black racism making up the biggest share. Incidents related to a person's sexual orientation accounted for 17 per cent, while creed or religion made up 14 per cent.

Sixty-four hate incident reports were filed by June 2019, while the following school year saw 312 reported. 

The data also revealed "significant growth" in the number of reports involving anti-Asian sentiment, which grow from zero to four per cent over the span of two years.

Reports of homophobia also grew by seven per cent.

Meanwhile, the number of reported anti-Semitic incidents grew "at an alarming rate" from 15 to 31, but made up a lesser share in 2019-2020 than the year before, down from 23 per cent to 11 per cent of the total reported hate incidents.

Reports of Islamophobia made up just two per cent of the total last year, while reports of "other" racially-motivated incidents accounted for 21 per cent. 

'It's about time'

Tanya Hayles says the report only confirms what Black parents reporting racially-motivated incidents have long known.

"My first thought was, 'It's about time,'" she said.

Oftentimes, she said, Black parents' concerns are met with comments like, "'Oh you're playing the race card, you're just being paranoid' or 'Are you sure? This person has black friends.'"

"Having the numbers just bolsters our confidence to say, 'No this is an actual problem that happens systematically across the board... It's not just in our heads.'"

On the disproportionate number of anti-Black incidents reported, Hayles says that too is not a surprise, pointing out anti-Black racism exists across various cultures.

"It's not just white on Black," she said. "There is a lot of anti-Black racism by people of colour against Black people."

Kearie Daniel agrees the findings aren't a surprise.

Daniel, a founding board member of Parents of Black Children, a group that supports black families across the province, points out individuals can experience anti-Black racism in a variety of ways.