HIST 124 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Aryan Nations, R. B. Bennett, Asus
26 Feb 2018
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The historical roots of whiteness in canada: rethinking race and the historical present, sir john a and the aryan nation". John a. macdonald had a vision of canada as an aryan state: cross of aryan race with inferior races was not acceptable. Macdonald"s vision of white dominion was considered his greatest achievement (regarded by himself: race and people of colour. When looking at canada"s past, often celebrated we are trying to recall the experience of people of colour. People of colour, race can mean affirmative identity or whiteness. Focus on poc means that white people escape from critical scrutiny whiteness remains the neutral racial category: affirmative personal/familial identity and community belonging, history, racism and resistance, whiteness: the unmarked race and race as historical/political http://t3. gstatic. com/images?q=tbn:and9gcs4e4ihotpt1rzpqo5mqb0tfhd1bxqx0p25 g0r1zjssxxqqvj0x. Look at some ways in which confederation was also a consolidation of whiteness we will look at bc, white women"s labour laws, & the idea of china town .
