Explores the ways that Black and Indigenous identities intersect and manifest in mixed raced people in Canada; specifically looks at the marginality factors of erasure, racism, and fractured identity and at the representation of these identities and marginality in the Proclaiming our Roots project.

File contains a presentation by Jerry Taylor relating to concerns of the African-Canadian community in Nova Scotia and the comparisons between that group and the Aboriginal peoples in Canada in "battling the ravages of racism." A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation, along with remarks by Valerie Firth, a previous speaker.