Modern Racism In Canada

Canada and the issue of racism in society has been an issue for many years. Recently, our country has created new laws or altered old ones to prevent discrimination that exists in society today. In this paper, I will argue that only through recent years Canada has tried to battle discrimination through the creation of the Charter of Rights and Freedom, the modification of the Immigration Act and the creation of the Human Rights Act in Canada. First I will provide background information about discrimination, racism and prejudice. Secondly, I will discuss the creation of the Charter and Rights and Freedom and the creation help deplete discrimination towards minorities. Also, the alteration of the Immigration Act in Canada gave minorities the opportunity to be equal. Then, I will discuss the Human Rights Act and how those modifications are leading Canada in the right direction for a lesser

Aboriginal persons in Canada have been facing oppression ever since colonization began. Even when Canada gained independence from the British Empire, the oppression continued and still goes on today. One major contributing factor to the oppression of Aboriginal people in Canada is the actions taken by the Government. The Government of Canada has in fact mistreated and found to be partaking in wrongdoing when dealing with the Aboriginal population in this country. With this ugly truth being revealed, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission had to be tasked with discovering and revealing past wrongdoing by a government in the hope of resolving conflict left over from the past. (cite)

In March of 2012, a white power rally in Edmonton drew out a dozen or two members of the Blood and Honour racist group. They were met and peaceably challenged by hundreds of participants in an anti-racism rally, which was "coincidental" (Dykstra). Therefore Canada still does have lurking racism, but in its overt forms it is socially unacceptable. This paper will address the overt forms of racism evident in Canada, which include hate groups like Blood and Honour. However, it is the covert forms of racism and bias that threaten to undermine the social fabric of Canada.

In this research paper, I will be explaining how western colonialism and racism destroyed the reputation of aboriginal peoples in Canada. The reason why I chose this topic because it shows the strong relationship to anthropology and after taking aboriginal studies 30, it also shows that I have a clear understanding about the history of aboriginal peoples in Canada, the struggles they have been through over the past decade and the challenges they still face today in modern day society. I’ll be addressing these issues in a couple of paragraphs on the discrimination and the inequalities of these “minorities” and how they had to assimilate into European culture, leaving their way of life behind them.

Throughout the years living in JNF, I’ve asked myself “why are there so many negative stereotypes and what causes them? The media does not report positive stories of the neighbourhood, so when something bad happens, that becomes a brand. As a result, it affects that people who lives there because they continue to receive messages that implies that they are more likely to become criminals because of where they reside. Not only do blacks receive a negative responses for living in JNF, but also people of other cultural backgrounds. As I’ve stated before, my thought-process in the Caribbean was that blacks were the only ones that experience racism, but I began to realize that this was untrue. For example, after the Canadian government was done using Chinese for labour to build the Canadian Pacific Railway, they were deemed useless where some were left with no jobs and the others were unfairly paid compared to their white counterparts (Packota, 2017). Similarly, Japanese, Jewish and South Asians faced hardships too. 1967 was a pivotal period in Canadian history due to the changes in the immigration laws as the system became less objective. This was done by developing a point system to protect applicants from racial discrimination.

“Multiculturalism exists when people accept and encourage many cultures to thrive in a society. Multiculturalism can lead to many great outcomes, including racial and ethnic harmony, which simply means that people from different backgrounds get along well together. Living with and accepting different cultures helps us understand each other and discourage hatred and violence.” () Furthermore, various ethnic groups introduce their individual beliefs, traditions, as well as, religions to the Canadian society. Generally speaking, be part of an expanding multicultural society has impacted Canada economically, demographically and socially. Thus, the presence of the variety of different cultures, languages and heritages, results in the need for the county to adapt and change, based on the new reality of Canada.

This quotation is taken from a Hollywood film, but has a tendency to ring true in legal disputes in Canada involving minority groups. Racism as a component in the Canadian societal context has prevented the realization of truth and justice throughout history. For instance, Donald Marshall Jr. endured a wrongful conviction as a result of racism in the criminal justice system. While this dilemma has proved to be most difficult for minority groups to overcome, critical race theory, as implemented by defence lawyers in R.D.S. v. The Queen, has allowed for the realization of racism as truth in Canadian society and provides a

It is the assumption of many that Canada is a nation free of racism. Canadians pride themselves on being culturally diverse and accepting, and on having relatively progressive social policies such as that of universal healthcare. However, there are many ways in which the current and historical policies have expressed explicit racism that have left an already marginalized population with the crumbs of society. A prime example of this can be demonstrated in the mass overrepresentation of Aboriginal youth in care. By the year 2010, there were around twenty-seven thousand Indigenous children in the Canadian child welfare system who were living in some sort of out-of-home care (Chappell, 2014). Although they represented only seven percent of the children in Canada, they made up 48 percent of all children in foster care. (Yukselir & Annett, 2016). This phenomenon is not a recent trend, as it has been occurring since the very creation of modern child welfare in Canada as it is known, and it has its roots deep in Canadian history. This paper will demonstrate a timeline of the events which have lead to this phenomenon in Canada, specifically focusing on the province of Ontario. Important facts which may have contributed to the overrepresentation of this population will be discussed, such as historical methods of colonization in regards to child welfare including the implementation of the residential school system and the Sixties Scoop. Policies that have also had a profound impact,

In this paper the role of the HCPs, in regards to not providing ethically safe care to AP will be explored. As the literature was reviewed there were many themes that came to the surface. For the purpose of this paper I will discuss the three themes, which I found throughout the literature which give a bit of historical context as to why HCPs may have an implicit bias towards AP, the emotional burden it puts on AP, and its impact on health within this population.

It is believed that while all human kind may have had common beginnings in the millennia past, the course of human history prevents all races from reverting back to that common kind. It is further believed that the racism that subsists in today’s society does not exist in the same manner within Canada. While Canada is an egalitarian society, a close examination would suggest that the blunt historical and social truths of racism that are often smugly denied exist very much in Canadian society and have seeped into the Canadian criminal justice system. The racialization of crime, discriminatory policing, minority overrepresentation in prison populations and a blatant denial of justice are aspects of the system that taint much of its past and create a worried present. This paper argues against the prevalent Canadian defence of egalitarianism by establishing the presence of systemic discrimination within the Canadian criminal justice system.

Racism has brought about many challenges in our society and it has changed in a negative way because every day as the Aboriginals, Blacks, Asians, Middle Easterners increase in Canada, so are the most racist people. It has undergone very little positive change in the society. In fact, we are doing way worse than our ancestors did because we cannot just function without being backward minded prejudiced people and this is very bad. By doing this, we are telling our children that it is okay to be racist against their Aboriginal, Black, Asian and Middle Easterner classmates.

Focusing specifically on race or ethnicity, Black people are generally the most targeted. Black people account for 2.5% of the Canadian population and it is important to view a report by Lewis (1992) on race relations to determine the prevalence of anti-Black sentiments in Canada, as well as the general effect of racism towards this racial group:

“Racism in Canadian University: Demanding Social Justice, Inclusion, and Equity” is a summary that Maria Wallis wrote on Frances Henry and Carol Tator’s research called “Racism in the Canadian University”. The book was written in order to make the readers realize how individuals and communities were racially profiled in their institutions (Wallis, 2009, 251). The research was focused on how racism is still an issue in the Canadian institutions. (Wallis, 2009, 249). Their two theoretical questions were, “Whose Knowledge counts and whose knowledge is discounted?” and “Whose voice is heard and who is ignored?” (Wallis, 2009, 250). Every chapter of the book had different findings to research about. For example, in chapter two and three, the authors

One of the largest and most prevalent social issues in Winnipeg is the prejudice and racism directed towards the city’s indigenous population. Maclean’s magazine has gone as far to claim that Winnipeg is the “most racist city in Canada”. Unfortunately, there are many facts and events to support this claim. One particular instance would be the case of Brian Sinclair. The 45-year-old man waited 34 hours in hospital before s doctor saw to him, but by that time he was already dead.

The roots and manifestations of Anti-Black racism can be traced far back in western history and cultural practice. Needless to say its continuing impact and repercussions in our modern day public, private, Judaeo-Christian and social institutions and practices, while perhaps, not always understood or openly acknowledged, is