Canadians are convinced that the United States only cares about Canada when they want something. The reality of the situation is that America doesn’t even really pay attention to Canada in the slightest bit. The Canadian media’s portrayal of Americans shows how disrespectful they are when Americans are heard booing the O’ Canada at a Toronto Raptors vs. Pistons game. Canadians have also built up a stereotype towards Americans and it’s that these Americans would rather die than have socialized health care like Canada and also go around with guns
For example, Canada practiced genocide acts against natives and blacks; there were also many immigration acts which were in favor of white Europeans (Pulkingham,2010). All these examples provide evidence of a nation founded on a belief in European and white supremacy. “Racism in Canada has been institutionalized as deeply as rooted in the UnitedStates,” writes, Stanley .R. Barret who continues to say that the only difference in both countries is that, in Canada, they have tried to cover it by putting a more polite face. In Canada manifestations of racial and ethical prejudices between many multicultural
For Canada, the Suez Crisis presented a particularly worrying state of affairs as it jeopardized the relationship between its two most important allies. To resolve conflict canadian External Affairs Minister, lester B. Pearson suggested a task force called “Peace keepers” who were deployed to help solve the problem. During the vietnam war, canada remained neutral and did not fight. Canada believed it was a not a just cause to go to war. Many canadian people were against it, although many were for it and ended up going and volunteering in the US.
Ableism portrays the skills and talents that the abled-bodied have, while the disabled-bodied are illustrated by the Canadian society as less skilled and have less opportunities due to the labels set on them. Canadian citizens demonstrate disparity by illustrating the unfair differences of the abled-bodied and disabled-bodied openly. Lastly, tokenism always illustrated by many people in various industries and events; they are trying to demonstrate that the disabled citizens are treated equal to the abled-bodied, but it is only appearance for the public to show that they are changing to adapt for the disabled, however it is not working for them. The Canadian society illustrate ableism, disparity and tokenism in the public eyes and exemplify the negative side of the disabled-bodies and their
Aboriginal Canadians have, over the years, become victim to a tremendous amount of discrimination by the Canadian government. The Indian Act of 1867, which signifies one of the earliest forms of discrimination, took away a significant amount of power from the hands of Aboriginals. Aboriginals living within Canada have also suffered as a result of poor living conditions and extreme poverty. Although poverty is a national issue, it is especially prevent among the Aboriginal community. The White Paper of 1969, which attempted to assimilate Aboriginals into Canadian culture, is considered to be one of the most severe forms of discrimination directed towards this group.
Analysis of "The Short History of Indians in Canada" In Thomas King's "A Short History of Indians in Canada", he clams that the natives used to live closely to the natural before their lands turned into developments of modern society and they could not adopt the modern life style along with these developments. In King’s article, the author subsequently mocked the people who stereotyping the natives with symbols and a great deal of ironies. He is not only make fun of people who have bias towards natives, but also stating that is extremely unfair to treat other human beings like animals. For instance, in a large part of Indian culture, they worship animals and believed that the strength and abilities of these animals can be granted to protect
As much as Canada tries to pride itself on treating everyone equally, unfortunately this is not even the case with those of true Canadian decent, our First Nations people. It is human to error, but these errors of judgement and turning a blind eye are costing this minority more than just hurt feelings, it is taking away their rights and making it harder for them to get ahead. Maybe the problem with inequality is people aren’t educated enough. Not educated enough to understand the harsh living conditions forced upon Canadian Aboriginal people, and damages being caused by these unfair limitations brought on by reserves and the Indian Act. These acts of violence do not give them the same opportunities to get ahead as the average while male or
Everyone should be treated as equals but that’s not the case with Indians, , because no one person is better than another. In the text book Canada Revisited 8 on page 208 it read “the purpose of the Indian Act was to assimilate First Nations people into Euro- Canadian culture”. The text in quotes stated that the beliefs and culture of the First Nations were primitive, and had no place in society. This is absolutely unfair to the First Nations people because the Canadian government is discouraging them to follow their customs, cultures, and beliefs. Another example of assimilation was that in 2002 the
In today’s society, media censorship is a controversial issue. What exactly is the best policy to follow in Canada has yet to be settled. Communist countries such as China and Russia, as well as countries whose people are controlled by a religious fundamentalist government have the ability to control, and/or alter what is released into the mass media for public consumption. They will not allow anything offensive to the dominant religion or the homeland to be released. In Canada, a democratic nation, we pride ourselves on having the right to Freedom of Speech.
Our external identity is genetically passed down from our parents and is basically what you see on the outside in terms of gender, hair and eye color and so on. Internal identity is more complicated, in that it comes from a number of diverse areas of life such as, family, peers, teachers, community and media. Not being able to speak or understand a language effectively excludes a person from a group or nation, and may make that person feel like a second class citizen. This occurred when the Europeans first came to Canada and encountered the First Nations People. Neither spoke the others’ language and chaos ensued and wreaked havoc on the First Nations People, who are still dealing with those repercussions today.