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1 How Black Life in Canada Impacts Our Understandings of Multiculturalism With the assistance of Wisdom Tettey, Korbla Puplampu, Deanna Bowen and Katrina Vernon Reflection 2: Textual Analysis CS413- Beyond Multiculturalism 200595500 Georgia Angelopoulos October 31, 2023

2 I will examine week seven readings, including Wisdom Tettey and Korbla Puplampu's "Ethnicity & The Identity of African-Canadians", "The Black Prairie Archive" by Katrina Vernon, and "Sum of the Parts: What Can Be Named" by Deanna Bowen. All of these readings share similar topics and collectively relate to one and other, while at the same time, also relating to the understanding of how Black life in Canada impacts our concept of multiculturalism. These three readings go hand in hand as they all deal with a new era for Black Canadians. Within the Paplampu and Tettey article chapter , the primary focus is on new immigration policies in 1967 that encouraged more qualified African citizens to immigrate to Canada. It later dives into how these newly arrived African Canadians faced multiple prejudices and stereotypes, despite being encouraged to immigrate to this country. Through racial biases, resource constraints, health concerns and contrast with the European refugees there were undeniable challenges with immigrating to Canada as an African. The author s then highlight s the need for new transformative education to be implemented to enlighten the public and guide them out of ignorance and into a new age of diversity and acceptance of multiculturalism that had not previously been seen. Bowen's video then explores her family's historical context and their journey from Butler County to Oklahoma in the 1900s. The Prairie region they moved to promised cheap and or free land and encouraged a significant number of Black immigrants to migrate there. Much like the Tettey article, promises of a better life were made after immigration, but those who immigrated were met with an abundance of entry restrictions. While slavery was in effect and attempts at segregation were slim, Black immigrants dealt with racialized laws that were prejudiced and discriminatory. As a result, they often found themselves in a situation almost worse than what they had experienced before immigrating.

3 Finally, "The Black Prairie Archives" sheds light on the four distinct periods of migration and their role in shaping the prairies. The author specifically mentions the fur trade early settlement from the 1790s to the 1900s, the Oklahoma migration from 1905 to1912, the p oint system era in the1960s to the present, and the era of new liberal immigration and asylum from 2012 to the present. The author Verno n highlights the challenges that existed during these time periods and what they meant for Black Canadians and immigrants. The author's goal was to make these archives public as they represent Black history and aim to transform the preconceived white perspective of the prairies. The author points out that historical accounts about the archives have primarily been told by white perspectives, and that she is attempting to reclaim her history and her family's history. She states, they seek to "transform the dominant inherited imaginings of the prairies." (Vernon, 2019, p.1) Moreover, In this context, all three readings revolve around the immigration experiences of Black Canadians and the challenges they encountered despite being promised otherwise. These narratives can be connected to the weekly themes and broader course concepts concerning how Black life in Canada influences our understanding of multiculturalism. "The Black Prairie Archives" in particular aims to challenge the existing white perspective on the Black prairie experience and make this history public to reintroduce Black history from a Black perspective. It can be inferred that Tettey and Puplampu would categorize this as an act of transformative education. This being by introducing new and modified recollections of past events to embrace a more diverse perspective of multiculturalism over the years. They go on to state that “the reality is that certain cultures are accorded a pride of place in Canadian society, while the values and practices of other cultures, which are not concordant with those of the dominant groups, are rejected as backward and likely to contaminate the civilized ethos of the dominant culture.

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