The effects of past colonialism are reflected in the poor housing conditions of many Aboriginal persons living on reserves today. “Internal colonialism is used to refer to a situation in which members of a racial or ethnic group are conquered or colonized and forcibly placed under the economic and political control of the dominant group” (Murry, 2014, p.286). The Europeans that invaded and conquered their land colonized Canada’s Aboriginal people. With this, they lost “property, political rights, aspects of their culture, and often their lives. The capitalist class acquired cheap labour and land through this government-sanctioned racial exploitation.
Yufei Hua 1000067205 GGR124 Assignment 1 Professor: Deborah Cowen TA: Madeleine Cahuas TUT 5301 Word Count:393 Engage the City Institutional racism, as one of the causes of urban inequality, is slowing down urban gentrification. Institutional racism is “discrimination based on both formal rules and common practices that are so widespread and so well established that they are taken for granted” as defined in the book “Starting Points: A Sociological Journey” (Tepperman, 2011, p.266). Thus, people sometimes are being racist without realizing it. Similarly, collateral damage might be already happening in the city before people’s awareness, urban inequality, for example. In Professor Hulchanski ’s work “Three cities within Toronto”, the existence of urban inequality and a trend of polarization are apparently admitted as
Ferguson & Baltimore, Segregation to Separation: Prophecy Coming To Pass It is unfortunate that, the violent racial riots in Ferguson and Baltimore, that occurred after the death of clearly innocent Black youth, has diverted the public debate to ‘need for better policing’. The casualty has been obfuscation more fundamental issues like; century-old public policy of systematic social segregation, increasing economic inequality, and wholesale abdication by the state of social welfare obligations Century-Old Systematic Segregation According to The University of Chicago’s sociologist, Douglas S. Massey, “Housing segregation is both a consequence and a cause of Black poverty. Housing markets distribute not only a place to live, but they
In Dresden, Ontario there was wide-spread discrimination across the city. Blacks were treated horribly in regards to jobs and living conditions and other races were not far off. Ross Lambertson's 'The Dresden Story:' Racism, Human Rights, and the Jewish Labour Committee of Canada is a case study devoted
If we look back in history race was what mattered most. Throughout History people have been discriminating and have also been judgmental about another person from a different race. Back then you couldn’t write the story of an African American because you will be in trouble with the laws, the Jim crow laws were the laws that enforced this from happening. People from different races have been used through out history for example slavery, experiments, and even torture. The year today is 2012 and we are still discriminating against others and we have been for many years, is society ever going to get along?
The quote also illustrates how racial prejudice oppresses people into staying in their current social status. The quote shows how racial prejudice leads to most, if not all of the Younger family’s problems. The Younger family lives during an oppressive era during the civil rights movement. Despite many generations of hard work and perseverance, the Younger family still faces many of the issues that they faced many years ago. Racial prejudice is a limiting quality that demoralizes people.
There is a large, growing gap between the rich and the poor in this country and the Canadian government is to blame. Throughout the previews decades, they have made an attempt or have given the impression that they are very concerned about the poor; they had meetings with representatives from every province in order to find a way to minimize poverty. Proposals were made in this meeting, such as improved social services, social utilities and opportunity programs directed to the needs of the poor. This was back in 1971, and today, 30 years later, there are more Canadians living in poverty than ever
These beliefs have been the ideas and founding principles in the past, but in our modern society, voter suppression has again and again crippled the rights of the people. In the recent century, many laws and political tactics have forced many people away from voting. Why is it important for Americans to vote? The question may have conversional answers. Voting is important because it allows individuals their rights as humans to express their opinions.
This revitalization project was designed to create a form of social development plan and promote inclusion and address transitional issues in the Regent Park community (Toronto Community Housing, 2007). Regent Park is characterized by a high rate of poverty, unemployment, and a diaspora city (Statistics Canada, 2006). As a result, it experiences a higher level of violence, drug abuse, and social ills compared to other cities in Toronto. People outside of the Regent Park area fail to identify with and commit to this area which has created much under awareness and unwillingness to invest in this community. Even individuals that live in this area see the community as a “transitional community” (Statistics Canada, 2006).
Racism Nowadays, many people are talking about racism whether it still exist in the society. Racism is a term that represents the race of discrimination, unequal treatment, or violence. In fact, a country cannot totally avoid these natural phenomenons, but it can be controlled by the public of the country. In Harlon L. Dalton’s essay “Horatio Alger” in rereading America by Gary Colombo, Robert Cullen, and Bonnie Lisle and Barack Obama’s essay “Origins” in Dreams from my father prove that racism is a part of my life when I was living in a foreign country. These two essays from Harlon L. Dalton and Barack Obama both are about the racism between people.