PS270 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Cole Harbour District High School, Standing Rib Roast, Gordon Allport
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Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them. The sources and causes of prejudice are social problems that social psychologists have studied in great detail. Incidents at the cole harbour district high school in dartmouth, Nova scotia, provide a compelling canadian example of racial prejudice. Racial tensions have led to many incidents beginning in 1989 and resurfacing numerous times through: you can read a quick history of this school"s difficulties at http://newsinreview. cbclearning. ca/wp-content/archives/dec97/coleharb/index. html. The police force in kingston ontario has started tracking its officers to see if racial profiling is a factor in routine police stops. It is a standard procedure to record the race / ethnicity of any individual who is arrested, but it has never before been recorded for routine stops by police. The police association of ontario opposes the survey. But the city"s race relations association believes it will help improve relations between minorities and the police.
