LAW120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Attack On Pearl Harbor, Africville, Japanese Canadians
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What is forgotten is that africville residents had no part in defining what would constitute these moral parameters, nor in constructing what is a legal/moral way of thought which effectively renders racism invisible. As africville residents were moved, some were targeted by similar policies, having to give away some of their children or break apart families, forming household structures that differed from those they had known for generations. Throughout the existence of africville the community was denied the equal access to services. For example: throughout africville"s existence, building permits to improve homes were increasingly difficult to obtain from the city government. Requests for water lines and sewerage which would bring sanitation and quality of life closer to the standards for the rest of the city were refused. [by the state] appears not as violence but as the law itself . Discuss the implications of razack"s observation of the relationship between law and society? (4 marks)
