SOSC 1350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Indentured Servant, Messiah Complex, Antifeminism

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

Document Summary

Lecture 16 immigration case study: foreign domestic workers. History of domestic work in canada asso(cid:272)iatio(cid:374) (cid:449)ith (cid:858)(cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:859)s (cid:449)ork(cid:859) Reading : sedef arat-koc, (cid:862)good e(cid:374)ough to work (cid:271)ut not good e(cid:374)ough to tay(cid:863) foreig(cid:374) Public + private = split paid employment outside the house. Race = criteria for entry + conditions of entry + work/living conditions of domestic workers + right to citizenship late 1800s/early 1900s = immigration = a way to fill domestic labour. Immigration point system domestic (cid:449)ork = u(cid:374)skilled la(cid:271)our (cid:894)(cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:859)s (cid:449)ork(cid:895) 1970s advent of temporary worker programs indentured servitude contract to work for a person for a set number of years in order to come to a country for free. 500 foreign workers come from the nanny business come to canada for a good opportunity/future live-in requirement for 2 years to satisfy the program. Systematic abuse of the live-in caregiver program trafficking + vulnerability of racialized women from the live-in part.