Examples Of Racism In Canada
Police-Related Incidences of Racism in Canada
Racism is dangerous. It weakens individuals confidence by downgrading their self-worth with focus on something outside of their control. It pulverises group attachment and makes divisions in public. The Canadian Police force has been accused of racism in the past, and one of the most notable examples is Saskatoon’s ‘Starlight Tours’ (Hamilton 224) in connection to First Nations men. The Starlight Tours are a police rehearse whereby law enforcement officers move First Nations in urban settings, drive them to remote rural regions and drop them off, paying little mind to freezing temperatures (Adams 11). This practice has occurred in and around Saskatoon. The police supposedly do this since they are baffled with First Nations men who are impaired and as opposed to booking them they think that it is less demanding to drop them off in a segregated range without sanctuary with little thought to the freezing temperatures. The treatment of First Nations men by police officers in conjunction with the Starlight Tours give example to the ways in which racism exists within Canada. …show more content…
The night that the officers grabbed Darrell the temperature was negative twenty degrees celsius. He was wearing a jean coat, and was not wearing any gloves or a cap. On Feb 4th, 2000 Darrell Night asserted that the law enforcement officers through him out of the squad car and left him neglected for dead. Night recognised the two Policemen as Ken Munson and Dan Hatchen who were both veteran officers (Chan and Chunn 71). Consequently, Ken Munson and Dan Hatchen were both suspended with pay for confessing to dropping off Night on the external territories of
Racism is dangerous. It weakens individuals confidence by downgrading their self-worth with focus on something outside of their control. It pulverises group attachment and makes divisions in public. The Canadian Police force has been accused of racism in the past, and one of the most notable examples is Saskatoon’s ‘Starlight Tours’ (Hamilton 224) in connection to First Nations men. The Starlight Tours are a police rehearse whereby law enforcement officers move First Nations in urban settings, drive them to remote rural regions and drop them off, paying little mind to freezing temperatures (Adams 11). This practice has occurred in and around Saskatoon. The police supposedly do this since they are baffled with First Nations men who are impaired and as opposed to booking them they think that it is less demanding to drop them off in a segregated range without sanctuary with little thought to the freezing temperatures. The treatment of First Nations men by police officers in conjunction with the Starlight Tours give example to the ways in which racism exists within Canada. …show more content…
The night that the officers grabbed Darrell the temperature was negative twenty degrees celsius. He was wearing a jean coat, and was not wearing any gloves or a cap. On Feb 4th, 2000 Darrell Night asserted that the law enforcement officers through him out of the squad car and left him neglected for dead. Night recognised the two Policemen as Ken Munson and Dan Hatchen who were both veteran officers (Chan and Chunn 71). Consequently, Ken Munson and Dan Hatchen were both suspended with pay for confessing to dropping off Night on the external territories of