Is it just to hate on a different group of people? Or Should Freedom of Expression be take advantage of? James Keegstra who works as a high school teacher is a model of these questions because he promotes hatred towards a group and then challenges the court with freedom of expressions. Teaching his theories to student created a disadvantage to him therefore by doing all this He was charged under s. 319(2) of the criminal code. He had used the charter of rights and freedom to support his actions and using freedom of expression against the court to its limit was one of his main arguments.
Many people believe that the degrading and disturbing term “nigger” is used unnecessarily and superfluously throughout the novel while others say that it only brings to light the punitive reality of our history. Huck Finn is a very important part of American Literature and demonstrates to students the harsh reality of our past which is why it should not be removed or banned from high school classrooms and libraries. Twain wanted Huck Finn to satirize the South and its slow, painful development of eradicating slavery and
It was the Jewish students who were held inside like prisoners while the pro Palestinian shouted "Anti Israel and Anti Jewish" slurs at them without any repercussions (Wikipedia "Universities and antisemitism"). Present day, Anti Semitism is taking on a new form. There is a new wave of this called, "New Anti Semitism". Understanding this new modern form of Anti Semitism in Canada requires understanding its roots in the international and Middle Eastern forum. Anti Jewish behaviour in Canada is an extension of terrorist behaviour against Israel (Manuel Prutschi Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs).
Plus, this community is now having to deal with an organization (TEDRA) that perpetuates the fore mentioned transgressions. I noticed the tactics that TEDRA employ are a standard that privileged society have been using for hundreds of years. The use of coercion by way of political influence such as police harassment, lobbying local politicians, racial profiling and ultimately not acknowledging the root cause of the problem is only part of what I see with this organization doing to displace a struggling poor community. I also feel that TEDRA is blind to the fact that their organization, in part, is responsible for perpetuating the cycle of poverty and homelessness. In other words, I feel TEDRA
One of the most regretted and influential events of Canada’s past were the residential schools. These schools segregated young aboriginal children from their culture, and due to these events, aboriginal communities are continuing to suffer through the pain they have experienced. The actions perpetrated by the Canadian government, during the late 1800’s to 1996, lost the trust of the Aboriginal culture due to their experiences within the residential schools. Unfortunately, the Federal government had tried to assimilate the aboriginal culture, and in some ways they achieved their goal, but in reality it left a culture fragmented and struggling to reconstruct their community. Long before Europeans came to North America, aboriginal people had
Because of Who They Are One always looks to blame someone for the way that they have chosen to live their lives or for the way they have acted. Such is what occurs in the fiction novel Once in a Promised Land written by Laila Halaby. Halaby’s novel incorporated the ways in which the characters in her novel were either individuals or outcasts of their society and the manner in which culture seemed to affect such relation after the tragic 9/11 events. Each character, such as Jack, Jassim, and Salwa, faced a different problem in society, though all issues seemed to originate from the effects of two cultures colliding, American and Islamic. While two of these characters attempted to make one culture by combining their two cultures, the other
The boys were considered outcasts and were picked on in school. Many people have come to believe that the motive behind this murderous spree was they were tired of constant ridicule and teasing from classmates. Bullying is a constant problem in schools all over the world; when taken to far this is one example of a horrific outcome. According to the National Threat Assessment Center
People tend to assume the existence of race as an inferior fact yet it exists as a major problem within the community. As evident from the history of many nations, the ethics of race continues to increase coldly as generation passes. This, supremely, interferes with the development of various projects (Appiah and Gutmann
Conflict can occur when there is an imbalance of power, causing certain individuals to rise up against this oppression to try and shift the disparity of power. In V for Vendetta, Moore explores this idea through the character of V, who represents individuality and anarchism in a society that is controlled by a fascist, oppressive government. The sombre use of pallet at the beginning of the graphic novel is a reflection of the lack of individuality in this society, as oppression by the government has prevented self-expression and the formation of one’s own opinion. The illustration of a street camera with the sign ‘FOR YOUR PROTECTION’ underneath, as well as the implementation of a curfew and the use of speakers for public propaganda broadcasts, suggests a more sinister motive behind these actions and demonstrates how there can be no freedom of expression in a society where your every move is monitored. There is no ‘talk of freedom…or individual liberty’ in a totalitarian society that rules by force.
Although there are several examples of the effects of populism, the population, too much concerned with the situation in their own country that they are not able to find the analogies among the similar events. However, to avoid the same ending, the gaining of the power of populist parties or any party, which campaigns against the EU polity and migration, through the appealing of national and monocultural values. People should pay more attention, employ their critical thinking and question the parties involved in the national institutions. With the right information from trusted sources and active participation, the population will be able to take the appropriate decisions concerning the future of their