Great job wheeler. Nancy MacDonald just would not answer your questions. I am greatly disappointed in MacLeans mag for allowing this kind of story without all the facts. Winnipeg is not racist and I stand by that 100 percent. Great Job

It would seem an apology would be in order from her and her magazine.

They are both wrong on a lot of things. Another thing is they are both caucasian people who have not experienced anything they are trying to explain; racism as a first nation individual. Perhaps they should have spent more time educating themselves. There are a lot of gaps on both sides.

Everyone who denied that Winnipeg is a racist city is part of the problem!

The information conveniently left out of her article was obviously deliberate, why would she even agree to do this interview. How could she expect not to be exposed? 

Wheeler, you're my hero and an inspiration to us all!

felt quite disgusted listening to this. Knitpicking such as this is a perfect example of the problematic view that so many winnipegers have. Sure, it was aboriginals that attacked Rinelle Harper and much of the violence that goes on against aboriginals is inter-cultural, but why is this happening in the first place?? Maybe because aboriginals respresent one of the most disadvantaged segments of population to exist in human history??? Has wheeler never heard of the term white-privilege? Are the concepts of 'systemic' or 'institutional' racism, as referred to below, that hard for him to understand?? Thank you wheeler for exemplifying our racism problem better than I ever could have with my own words.

I can barely get through this recording. The way he is asking the questions is so wrong. It's brushing the issues under the rug. Yes there are oppressed groups of people around the world dealing with shit and this is a real problem within Manitoba as well. Was the headline a little out there? Well here is the thing, it's called "click bait" and that's not up to the writers, often it is the editors and people need to listen to the message here instead of ignore what is continuing to go on in this city. There are absolutely issues that are being pushed to the side.

Although Wheeler seemed to win the debate, he is wrong about the situation.  I agree with MacDonald that Winnipeg has a serious racism issue.  Incidents of violence by natives against other natives are symptomatic of the racism in Winnipeg.  MacDonald's article and argument would have been better had it examined the socioeconomic situation of the native population in Winnipeg and some of the causes of the embarrassingly poor living conditions.  When a group of people are denigrated and systematically discriminated against, of course it will lead to violence, crime, and substance abuse.  In MacDonald's stories, just because the direct cause of the violence was other natives doesn't mean that the root cause was not based in racism.  I would go so far as to say that Wheeler's position is precisely the problem that Winnipeg has with respect to racism: denial that there is a problem at all and blaming the victims (as a group).

Nancy MacDonald, associate editor at MacLeans Magazine, was kind enough to sit down and talk about her article written about the racism in her hometown of Winnipeg.  I was not impressed with the way she portrayed Winnipeg, and was looking for accountability on her words.

MacLeans Writer: Nancy MacDonald Interview

Voiced by Drew Patterson and K3. 

Produced by Melissa Thomas for X92.9 Calgary's Alternative.

MacLeans Writer: Nancy MacDonald Interview

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