MONTREAL Multiple residents living in Montreal s co-ops, some of whom have resided there for years, are claiming they are the victims of racism and discrimination by their neighbours and nothing is being done to protect them.
CO-OP MILTON PARC Sascha Astles has lived with her family at the Coopérative d habitation Milton Parc, near McGill University, since 2009. She says it didn t take long for significant signs of racism to rear their ugly heads, including members of her family being called the N word. My name was written Sascha Caribbean in the minutes of a meeting, she told CTV News. Prior to that, it was Sascha Antilles, like the island. It was giggled off as a typo at the time.