Sociology 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Indian Act, Visible Minority, Racialization
1 Feb 2018
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Determined based on perceived difference in physical appearance or cultural heritage. Black history in canada: have existed in nova scotia since 1779, 1970s population began to grow, 2011 - the black community was the 3rd largest visible minority group in canada, overrepresented in the criminal justice system. Narratives and racism: master narratives that a country constructs about its history, historical mistreatment, exploitation, and destruction of minorities is excluded from textbooks and other narratives, colonialism is reframed as a peaceful co-operation (ie. thanksgiving, buried knowledge. Viola desmond - ned for refusing to sit in the upper deck of a movie theatre, she appealed to the supreme court and lost: only recently did they pardon her ne, 60 years after she died. Association for the advancement of coloured people: studied central problems concerning africans in the us and elsewhere. Daniel g hill - rst black canadian sociologist: studied black and white relations in canada, in toronto in particular.
