What is Being Black in Canada?

We took two classes to define the definition of Being Black in Canada.
As we started to brainstorm we began to notice that the majority even
the large majority of the things discussed were negative. I submitted
to you that many even all of you have never taken the time to
define 'Blackness' and what that entailed. We discussed that since the
majority of things written on the chart papers from class to class were
negative that we as a group define ourselves as negative. That this
situation is and will have a negative impact on the black community and
that it is counter-productive.