GEO 793 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: White Supremacy, Essentialism, Mixed Economy
30 Mar 2017
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Anti-essentialist believe identity is not fixed, instead it changes continuously. Multiculturalism act became official policy in canada in 1971. The policy is based on the essentializing and stereotyping of ethnic groups. Yet it offers the tools for resistance and for developing a sense of belonging through territorialize. Offers degree of protection to ethnic minorities. Provides funding to ethnic groups for funding events within the community. Taking efforts to create: (1: a barrio latino (ethnic neighborhood), currently there isn"t an official one present in. Adopt policy of spatial essentialism which allows: to negotiate intra-group diversity, to establish a sense of belonging within the host society. The production of ethnic places contributed to the constructing identities that are territorialized but not essentialized: example: san lorenzo community centre. Struggle in muslim culture to be more open. French in canada (the two legitimate groups in canada : all groups other than the british and french uphold multiculturalism.
