SOCB47H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Neoliberalism, Cultural Capital, Capitalism
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Invisibilization of the oppressions experienced by racialized communities and the claims made to be better the situation: division of people living/working in canada along the lines of citizenship. English and french speaking communities: 2 solitudes, set in contradiction to each other through an ideological battle for power. Restrict rights: vote, less pay, media representation was negative. Divide and conquer: treat different groups differently and they get mad at each other instead of blame you. Domestic policies : vote, work in certain occupations, property. In the mid 1900s : response to lessons learned after wwii and the ways in which exclusion/discrimination can lead to extremist projects, also response to civil rights movements. Bannerji tells us : recognition of a need for increased immigration in order to increase capitalist industrial growth. One of the 4 groups that need protection for work discrimination. Binary: women: hot, visible minority, men: cold, majority.
