WGS160Y1 Lecture Notes - Natalism, Heteronormativity, White Supremacy
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State: the political and bureaucratic institutions, practices and policies that govern a given territory and population (text, p. 151) Theme from readings: challenge commonness or homogeneity as the goal of nationalism --- we don"t all have the same story. People from certain backgrounds (not white) are expected to prove their canadianess over and over again. Canada was formed by immigration policies that kept canada eurocentric and white i. e. chinese exclusion act from 1923-1947. Chinese were recruited in late 1800"s to build railroad. Once depression hit in 1920"s, jobs were hard to find for canadians. Because chinese men already here, families couldn"t follow, no money to go home. Policies put in place to make sure we stay a white settler country. Stand on guard for thee promise to defend our country, go to war if we must . In all our sons command nation is gendered as male, masculine.