SOC323H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Mass Incarceration, Racial Profiling, Numbers Game
14 Jan 2017
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10 sa (describe different arguments and concepts) Know when point system of immigration was introduced and why. Focused on african americans and justice system. We must think about canada in canadian context (french and british. New jim crow race and cjs. Create colonial govent and exploit canada"s natural resources (cid:523)fur, timber(cid:524) Cjs as state institutions role and function of cjs in context of lives of those. Colonization had lasting impact on the land and people. Relationship with aboriginal set framework for social hierarchies in this that were colonized (aboriginal and other groups) country. Talks about criminals and cjs as system of mass incarceration (penal) basic and civil rights (right to be free of legal discrimination in housing, public benefits) Issues we left being in jim crow era are now back. Poor people and people of color locked up upon release they are striped of. We have not ended racist discrimination we have only redesigned it.
