CRIM 332 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Critical Race Theory, Color Blindness, First Nations
4 Apr 2016
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The canadian charter of rights and freedoms 1982. Canadian charter of rights and freedoms: your rights, a double-edged sword, challenges. Alienated from existing legal discourse: for ex, 1980s, we looked at law schools in us, for example harvard had only two law faculty members of colour, challenged objectivity of laws that oppress minorities. Move beyond rights analysis: need to do more than simply talk about rights. Racism as inherent part of society: law is a tool that can be looked to, racism isn"t understood as matter of individual prejudice, but phenomenon deeply embedded in language and social institutions. Way law and legal institutions work to support system of progression and inequality. Uses language that this was cultural genocide. Not only the recommendations that were coming forward, but the governments response. After a commission that went on for 6 years investigating something so significant, government will not use term of cultural genocide. Defines our common rights: landmark piece of legislation.
