Racism finds a thousand ways to kill, scar and oppress.(FIGHTING RACISM)
[...]being born in Canada doesn't keep people of colour from often being seen by white people as being from somewhere else, as not "really" Canadian. Because Canada is a capitalist society, wealth and power are concentrated in the hands of a tiny ruling class. Whereas the race relatio...
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| Published in: | Canadian dimension 2016-01, Vol.50 (1), p.18 |
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| Format: | Magazinearticle |
| Language: | eng |
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| Summary: | [...]being born in Canada doesn't keep people of colour from often being seen by white people as being from somewhere else, as not "really" Canadian. Because Canada is a capitalist society, wealth and power are concentrated in the hands of a tiny ruling class. Whereas the race relations model assumes that racial prejudice arises out of a natural antipathy between groups on the basis of difference, 'racial oppression' locates the source of the problem within the structure of society. [...]racism persists because of the efforts that members of dominant racial groups make to preserve or expand racial privilege. Reforms that would have a big impact include tough employment equity laws covering both private- and public-sector employers, the creation of significant numbers of good public-sector jobs and non-profit housing units, the unionization of many more workers of colour and permanent-resident status for all migrants. |
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| ISSN: | 0008-3402 |