SOC256 Study Guide - Final Guide: Institutionalized Discrimination, Dreadlocks
8 Dec 2015
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The paradox racisms without racists shows that canada is neither the paragon of racial tranquility nor the racist free haven that many admire to aspire to. In the post war period, canada seemed to be a welcoming haven for immigrants. What used to be more overt ways of racism back in the 1920"s 1930"s where there were minorities such as jews and african canadians who were denied of public and private institutions. Now there is covert ways that are often undetected by conventional measures. E. g. the banning of baggy pants, dreadlocks or corn rows, and athletic wear by bars and clubs may serve as a twenty first century dress code for no coloreds allowed. Racialized minorities continue to be politely denied equitable access to housing, employment, media(e. g. barely any brown people on television) They not only earn less but they also experience higher levels of poverty.
