SOSC 1350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: C86, Rais, Sega Wow

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1350
• Professor: Reese Simpkins

Document Summary

Duality of the law: law on the books vs. law in practise. Big difference between the two historical racism: immigration laws. Contemporary sanitary coding: mention something while leaving out others. Presenting something on paper while completely different practise. Equivocation: terms with more than one meaning = ambiguity. Sanitary coding managing immigrants (cid:272)o(cid:374)trolli(cid:374)g the flo(cid:449) of people = (cid:449)hat (cid:858)ki(cid:374)ds(cid:859) of people enter the country --. Desirability of certain types of people=race/gender white/european men favoured for immigration. Canadian nationalist methodology unequal lived experiences of immigrants portrayal of a. Ca(cid:374)adia(cid:374) so(cid:272)iety as (cid:858)fair(cid:859) (cid:449)ith the (cid:373)a(cid:374)ipulation of laws. Li(cid:374)ki(cid:374)g of i(cid:373)(cid:373)igratio(cid:374) poli(cid:272)y to (cid:858)desira(cid:271)ility(cid:859) changes due to politics + demand for labour. Ex: the chinese (cheap labour ) on the pacific railway. Idea of ca(cid:374)ada as a (cid:858)(cid:449)hite (cid:374)atio(cid:374)(cid:859) (cid:894)(cid:449)hite/british/fre(cid:374)(cid:272)h/europea(cid:374)(cid:895) British north american act (bna) 1867 male + 21 or older + british + householder = considered for citizenship. Nationalization act (1881)= married/women/idiot/lunatic/enfant = not considered.