LABR 1F99 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Human Capital, Institutional Racism, Afro-Caribbean
17 Nov 2016
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Individual racism refers to an individual(cid:495)s racist assumptions, beliefs or behaviours and is a form of racial discrimination that stems from conscious and unconscious, personal prejudice. Systemic racism includes the policies and practices entrenched in established institutions, which result in the exclusion or promotion of designated groups. It differs from overt discrimination in that no individual intent in necessary. Canada was founded as a white settler-colony primarily for british and french immigrants. Constructed with successive waves of immigrant labour. Until (cid:853)96(cid:852)s, canada had de facto (cid:498)whites only(cid:499) immigration policy. Non-(cid:494)white(cid:495) immigrants denied full citizenship and access to rights. Chinese, irish, eastern-southern europeans, indians, afro-caribbean: eg. 1885 chinese immigration act built railroads but ineligible for citizenship. Plus, key concepts: gender wage/pay gap, multiple oppressions. The difference between wages earned by men and wages earned by women. Gender wage gap in on is 26% for full-time, full-time year workers.
