HSCI 340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Ethnic Group, Visible Minority, Racialization
16 May 2018
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WEEK 9: RACE AND ETHNICITY
Ethnicity
• a pesos ethi taits, lassifiatio o assoiatio ased o ultue ad peeied ae
Culture
• refers to the cumulative deposit of knowledge, experience, beliefs, values, attitudes, meanings,
hierarchies, religion, religion, notion of time, roles, spatial relations, concepts of the universe and material
objects and possessions acquired by a group of people in the course of generations through individual and
group striving
• their way of life
PHOTOGRAPHS
Challenges dominant narratives that brings voices that disrupts common notions
ETHNICITY AND HEALTH **
Canada: one of the most ethnically diverse cultures in the world (250 ethnic origins in Canada, 2016)
Ethnicity: a pesos ethi taits, lassifiatio o assoiatio ased o ultue ad peeied ae
• Different in social, political, local, geographical contexts
• Power to notion of ethnicity and belonging
Ethnic group: group of people who not only share an ethnic background but also interact with each other on the
basis of their shared ethnicity
CULTURE**
Culture: refers to the cumulative deposit of knowledge, experience, beliefs, values, attitudes, meanings,
hierarchies, religion, religion, notion of time, roles, spatial relations, concepts of the universe and material objects
and possessions acquired by a group of people in the course of generations through individual and group striving.
• A culture is a way of life of a group of people--the behaviors, beliefs, values, and symbols that they
accept, generally without thinking about them, and that are passed along by communication and
imitation from one generation to the next.
ETHNIC ORIGIN
Ethnic origin refers to the ethnic or cultural origins of the person's ancestors.
• An 'ancestor' is usually more distant than a grandparent. Other than Aboriginal persons, most people can
trace their origins to their ancestors who first came to this continent. A person may have only a single
ethnic origin, or may have multiple ethnicities.
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Ethnic origin refers to a person's 'roots' and should not be confused with citizenship, nationality, language or place
of birth.
• For example, a person who has Canadian citizenship, speaks Punjabi (Panjabi) and was born in the United
States may report Guyanese ethnic origin.
It is important to note that ethnic origin responses are a reflection of each respondent's perception of their ethnic
ancestry.
• Consequently, the measurement of ethnicity is affected by changes in the social environment in which
the question is asked and changes in the respondent's understanding or views about the topic.
• Awareness of family background or length of time since immigration can affect responses to the ethnic
origin question as well.
METHODOLOGY
• T to fid out ho ou ae
• QUEBEC: Focus on ethnic and linguistic categories → o, doest eall aptue ethiit at all
• CANADA: focus on combo of ethnic and racial self-classification and enumeration of a unique category →
visible minorities
• Work in progress to improve issue
ETHNICITY AND HEALTH: EVIDENCE
• Evidence about the relationship between ethnicity and health in Canada is sparse
• In Canada, the impacts of racism on health appears to be somewhat attenuated due to our single-payer
health care system, but the impacts are still there in the scant evidence that is available (though much
more research is urgently needed) (Siddiqi & Nguyen, 2010).
• Unlike the US, there is a paucity of research delineating the racial disparities in health in large part due to
the lack of race-based data.
• Often, immigrant status is used as a proxy measure to detail the racial health inequities. One must be
careful when doing so as it may erase the specific influence of racism that racialized residents feel
whether they are new immigrants or third generation Canadians. Immigration experience has been a
focus- acculturation, re-settlement stress, etc.,
• Higher disparities in US than Canada → universal health care should be accessible to EVERYONE → overall
helps all Canadians
• More ability to deal with racial disparities → different way of gathering race data
IMMIGRANT HEALTH
• Very little research done on impact of racism and effects of discrimination on health
RACIALIZATION AND STRUCTURAL RACISM***
Racialization: The process of ascribing racial identities to group
Racialized Group: A term to describe visible minorities and is used to capture the fact that certain groups are
treated as inferior by the dominant group
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Document Summary
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