The Breaking Down Racial Barriers (BDRB) initiative will facilitate the fourth and final roundtable in a series addressing anti-Black racism in Canada’s East Coast music and entertainment industry. Through nationwide consultation with artists and leading industry professionals, the roundtable series has woven together a powerful, collective narrative that tells the experience of Black Canadian music professionals with regional nuance.
Initiated, curated and coordinated by Canadian music and entertainment industry mainstays Ian Andre Espinet and David “Click” Cox, the Breaking Down Racial Barriers initiative is centred in the voices and lived experiences of working Black music professionals. In an effort to advance equity in the region's music industry, ECMA along with Atlantic music industry associations have given full support to the BDRB facilitated series to curate difficult, yet critical conversations in an effort to identify the structures and behaviours that perpetuate anti-Black racism.
The 4th and final roundtable will aggregate the findings to create actionable recommendations for change which will be shared with peer & partner organizations and the wider community.
