Summary Of Blood Relations By Sharon Pollock

One of the main points of both of these essays was how to handle unjust laws. They go on to talk about how an unjust law is created by the majority, and is made without regard to the

​In conclusion, this article is an eye-opening one that does not necessarily paint Canada’s justice system in a great light. Razack shows through the use of examples how Aboriginal people are treated differently and perceived to be lower than whites on the hierarchy of society, and how this lead to the lack of justice in the murder of Pamela George. It is disheartening to think that simply because she was an Aboriginal and a prostitute that her life is considered less important than those of her (white) murderers, but this is the light that Razack brings to the argument, and she does so

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Pointing to the injustices which black Americans faced daily, Hayden argues that there is no way for these people to both work within the law and accomplish their agenda. Among the injustices Hayden highlights are economic inequality, political prejudice, and the view of white Americans that, “only military force stands between them and the black savages,” leading to a situation where, “the outright killing of people is condoned where those people cannot accept law and order as defined by the majority” (p. 167). Hayden continues, saying that, if it were possible, it would be more elegant for these Americans to work within the confines of the law. However, since it is not possible to do this, due to the stacked deck of society, black Americans must resort to a state of revolution in order to create and maintain a self-government that serves their

The novel “Three Day Road” intertwines the story of a young soldier during the First World War and the experiences of his aunt growing up in pre-20th century Canada. Though at face-value this seems to have little relation to the study of the Criminal Justice system, the two narratives tackle important issues. With the soldier’s experiences, the reader contemplates the place of law and justice on the battlefields and the effect of these actions once the war is over. As we learn about the life of the soldier’s aunt, we are made aware of the wrongs done to Native American people in Canada’s history and how this is still having repercussions. By reading “Three Day Road,” people involved in the justice

In The New Jim Crow, Alexander addresses our lack of comprehension of our rights as an important factor in why targeted groups by police may sometimes run into legal troubles despite being avoidable issues. Johnson’s Privilege, Power, and Difference addresses our naivete towards our individual privileges in society as an important factor that solely contributes to why the system of privilege has been able to continue in the United States and other nations. Meanwhile, Omi and Winant’s Racial Formations addresses the fact that race is a construct created as a method of separating those who were free and who were enslaved, not as a mere name that established our origins in a manner that pertained to individuals. As a

Through the study this term of the central text, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and related texts, films Rabbit Proof Fence by Phillip Noyce and In the Name of the Father by Jim Sheridan, my understanding of the concept of justice, or what constitutes justice, has altered considerably. We all think we know what justice is, or what it should be. In Australian colloquial terms, it is the principle of a “fair go” for everyone. In a perfect world, everyone is treated fairly. No-one is subjected to discrimination on the basis of race, religion, ethnicity, sex or disability. But the reality is that the world we inhabit is far from perfect, human beings are by their very natures

Alexander starts her work by disclosing that she came to compose it because of her encounters working for the ACLU out of Oakland; there she saw not just the racial inclination in the criminal equity framework however the framework itself was built in an approach to render ethnic minorities peasants much in the way Jim Crow laws of the nineteenth and mid twentieth hundreds of years did. Those in jail and the ex-guilty parties discharged are minimized politically, financially, and socially, shaping another racial undercaste.

In every culture, there are the strong and there are the weak, the oppressor and the oppressed. Sometimes they are of the same race and sometimes not, but they all rely on a difference in power. Socrates, Frederick Douglass, and WEB Du Bois each experience this power differential through the course of their lives. Socrates experiences this through his experience with the jury of Athens and his trial; Douglass through his life as a slave and his eventual escape. Du Bois experiences it through being a black man in the time of Reconstruction and being well of in comparison to other African-Americans at the time. Each man’s unique perspective on equality can illuminate why authority is so instrumental in the development of equality.

In a land where we are not created as equals; aid, education, justice, and opportunity for the masses of minorities is not evenly distributed throughout society. The only institution minorities have better access to than their white counterparts are, in fact, the penal system. In the ongoing struggle for equal rights, equality continues to elude the those who fight and those who do nothing as the institutions redistrict neighborhoods in an attempt to control another institution; the electoral college, to control yet another institution; the executive branch. New York State Senator William L. Marcy coined a phrase in 1828 “To the victor belongs the spoils”.

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.

#, 1991). Consequently, this placed individuals in vulnerable positions that disabled them from achieving equality in society. Crenshaw explores these historical efforts through an analytical framework, to address the different intersecting identities that ultimately create multiple oppressions and discrimination in society. For example, on a personal level, a young, white, middle-class woman will experience different oppressions in society, such as gender identity. However, a young, upper-class African-American woman may experience different oppressions and privileges based on her race, sexuality, or socio-economic status.

To what extent was Pierre Trudeau’s vision of a “just society” actually achieved in Canada in (and since) the 1970s? Canada is a just society because of the changes to women's legal rights, ethnic minority human rights, and multiculturalism.

The Critical Race Theory emerged in the mid to late 1970s when there was a significant amount of racial minorities and it focuses of theorizing race and the law. CRT scholars view racism and racial discrimination as systematic and institutional and consequentially not as individualized, standard and capable of remedy within the current constitutional and legislative framework. CRT emerged from Critical legal studies, covers a wide-ranging collection of work and it critiques scholars of CLS for not addressing the issue of race and law adequately. This essay aims to analyze six of the most important aspects outlining the theoretical framework of the Critical Race Theory adapted from various CRT scholars and its relation and application to the book, To Kill a Mocking Bird. Secondly, this essay will address some of the criticisms levied against CRT by Marxists. The purpose of essay is to determine, in light of CRT application, whether it was

Common themes found in history and into today’s society are big versus small, new versus old and most prominently majority versus minority. Looking in the past, these themes are seen in the history of the United States, where minority races have been punished and oppressed as seen through the enslavement of African Americans and the internment of Japanese Americans. The hardships of slavery greatly affected their mindset and lasted throughout the rest of their lives. One man wrote to his son “A society which spelled out . . . that you were a worthless human being. You were not expected to aspire to excellence” (Baldwin). Victims of slavery and oppression are no longer seen this way and I began to question what caused this change in perspective.