SWRK 1001H Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Chinese Head Tax In Canada, Pauperism, T-Shirt

• School: Trent University
• Department: Social Work
• Course: SWRK 1001H
• Professor: Shana Almeida

Document Summary

Questions i hope you will think about in this course. Began in the late 15th century, when europe used violence, exploitation, power and control to take over and rule 80% of the globe. European colonialism established colonies in over 80% of the globe, including african, Control and exploitation of land and of bodies was justifiable because others were deemed to lack qualities and characteristics necessary to survive and thrive in western, capitalist civilizations. Colonialism was (and still is) the site of false distinctions/categories which create colonizers and colonized, superior and inferior, civilized and uncivilized, along the lines of racialization and race. It was thought that to be human one must practice christianity, and until you practice. The study of the east that we do in the west. The premise of this is that the west cannot be the west without the east; you need your other.