POL214Y1 Lecture : POL214Y1-mar12.docx
30 Mar 2012
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Potential exam question: america and canada are forced friends- be able to write an essay about. Canadian and american relations, economics, defence, culture, etc. (based on last lecture) Diversity is relatively new term in political science. The term was created to substitute term minority groups which has been found to be racist. There is also physical diversity, disabled, or there is cultural diversity which includes, language, culture, ethnicity, origin. Negro, african-american come and go, some terms can be misleading like the idea of calling a black person escaping african, an african-american. Even in canada, the constitution now uses term aboriginals, including manitoba. Constitution used term half-breeds instead of metis, inuit etc, but it was changed because half-breeds is purgatory. Same with crippled, or retarded, these terms has been changed to disabled, mentally challenged. The descriptive provided do not classify people with their financial status. There are two metaphors to describe the societies of us and canada.
