POL214Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Social Exclusion, Brampton, Visible Minority
Document Summary
Although there are no inherent biological differences among varied ethnicities, people often have feelings of identification with their own ethnic group. Social and natural scientists today generally take the position that there are no significant biological differences between such groups, and they would avoid the word race" in this connection. The immigration act was significantly amended over the 1960s to remove its most discriminatory features, and canadian immigration patterns changed radically over the following 50 years. Those immigrants to canada who come to stay permanent residents are divided into three main categories: family class, economic class, and refugees. Discrimination arose in the first place from the immigration process itself. Immigrants were more likely to be discriminated against on the basis of their ethnic origin and were often subject to blatant racism. The worst case of federal government mistreatment of visible minorities was that of japanese canadians.
