SOSC 1375 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Chinese Head Tax In Canada, Institutional Racism, Manichaeism
9 Nov 2017
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Good citizens are linked: historical representation of regulation and what we think of as trouble . Nation-building and the making of a good citizen: nation-making is a process of racialization, national imaginings and imaginaries of a tolerant, benevolent state valuing equality, freedom and democracy do not match the harsh realities and struggles of. Twin pillars of the canadian history of race: a mythology of racelessness and stupefying innocence . Normalization of racism: hidden and unchallenged dehumanization, concealed relations of power. In 1709, a proclamation made slavery legal in canada: contrary to popular belief, until early 19th century- there was never a time when black people were not held as slaves in canada. Racism: race may be constructed but racism is very real, racism is the discrimination and subordination of people assumed to be of a particular racial category. Individual racism- in the attitudes, ideas and actions of individual people.
