SOSC 1130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Ali Kazimi, Institutional Racism, Iden
2 Dec 2015
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Canada was to remain a white man"s country. They could only come to canada if they made a direct journey. Was institutional racism covert e. g. hidden racism because they couldn"t come into the country. Idea that it was not in their nature to assimilate-> they dressed different etc. They didn"t really know what hindus were because they referred to them as hindus when there weren"t even any hindus; only people on the ship were sheikhs/muslims. Gentlemen"s agreement agreement between japan & canada -> only. 400 people per year would come into canada; numbers became less and less: this was covert racism (they had economic ties) Head tax- overt racism: japanese had to pay a fee to enter canada. China town reading: china town is an idea; a very racialized idea. When you create a meaning you rank it. 122 of course kit: meaning of china town how it has been socially constructed and changed over time.
