SOSC 1910 Lecture : Addressing Racism
9 Apr 2013
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Race, age, and gender are huge factors in who gets stopped in toronto. Black males are 3 times more likely to be stopped than any other way. If a racialized person is seen in a predominantly white area, it is seemed that they are in the wrong neighbourhood. Huge violations of civil liberties and arbitrary detention. In community policing, they use a heavy presence in where required. Police have acknowledged that racial profiling is a problem. First he said racial profiling is normal in policing. Media- a year later officer bill blair said there is no justification for racial profiling in policing. Black people feel that they need to work twice as hard. Assess whether law is a good tool in producing social change. When we view our legal history, we rely heavily on the presumption that canada is race less. Our legal system has reflected the idea that canada is race less & that canada is indeed white.
