SOCI 1002H Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Immigration Policy, White Privilege, Eugenics
21 Mar 2017
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Immigration legacies: black slaves, chinese labour/head tax, japanese internment camps, south east asian hindu invasion , anti-semitism, segregation, non-voting rights, no property rights, occupational restrictions, today mass incarceration, racial profiling, human trafficking. Order theories: cultural democracy: cultural change: discrimination and prejudice (actions and attitudes) addressed through laws and education, multicultural policies of inclusion and tolerance, assimilation shared values. Change theory: white bourgeoise: race added dimension of subordination within capitalism, racism as ideology, justification of exploitation: undeserving or unqualified, no canadian work experience, winners create system of inequality to protect interests. Everyday racism as toxic: grinding economic and social realities of everyday racism , experience of racism as, poison that"s killing me, workplace harassment: they want to break me , health and illness as colour-coded and class-compounded. Medical imperialism: clinical standards for assessment, diagnosis and treatment as white , e. g. apgar tests on newborns, e. g. indg.
