According to the Multiculturalism act, every individual has the right to live peacefully and keep their own heritage identities in Canada. Canada represents the multiculturalism, but there are issues of racism, discrimination, racial policing against the marginalized communities. It is hard for Canada to …show more content…
In Canada, there is an unofficial ban on race and crime statistics in Canada. In Canada, blacks are more targeted than whites by the police. According to Wortley and Owusu-Bempah (2009), Blacks and Chinese are less favorable views of the criminal justice system than whites. The perceptions of bias are well-known in the system against black males. According to Ontario Human Right Commission, blacks are 72.5% more likely to be reported racially profiled than 11% of whites. According to Wortley and Akwasi (2011), there are six out ten black respondents see the racial policing as a bigger issue than 21 percent of white in Canada.
The effects of under policing and over policing may conflict between two races such as black and white. Over policing of blacks near inner-city may represent that blacks are more prone to crime and disorder in the society. It is believed that blacks commit more crime than whites in the society. Police usually search blacks more often than whites due to color and ethnicity. Police patrol more in the inner-city neighborhood of blacks due to high risk of crime and