SOC216H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Legal Tests, Black Canadians, Greater Toronto Area
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Law on the books vs. law in action: race neutral law on the books other motives. Wiped it clean to make it sound racially neutral. Judge ignores ni this case because he"s looking at the letter of the law. Ulterior motives to control the chinese immigrant. Even if you control everything, always a potential for a suprising outcome: judicial precedent then ignored. Although law is repressive, yee clun has the resources to create a case. Lawmaking (between 2 competing strands : labour. On some level, also about economics: morality. Generally white, middle class women would somehow be corrupted by working with chinese women. Intersectionality: entwine of race, class and gender. How they relate to each other an compound problems. How does this relate to the law. A lot of research on discrimination law, has suggested the law can"t handle the catergory of black women , only discriminate against one, either black or woman .
