Prejudice And Racism In Canada
Racism in Canada
The common belief that Canada is far less racist then their neighbors to the south is perhaps one of the greatest falsehoods of North American society today. Through out history, Canada has been home to many race-based atrocities. Because of time and lack of media attention these events have been buried. To such an extent have these issues been neglected that the general public now cannot recognized them or discern them as part of their country�s past.
Although recently over the past thirty to forty years Canada has been on the leading edge with human rights and in areas of equality between people/sexes, this has not always been the case. Canada�s history has been just a recently blemished as that of the infamous United
States. Three examples that depict this downfall are: the Chinese head tax, the internet of Japanese Canadians during world war two and the open anti-Semitism of the early though mid nineteen hundreds. It
country. The law was enacted primarily because the need for cheap laborers was no longer necessary due to the completion of the railway. Unlike most other laws concerning immigration, this new tax was only directed towards people of a Chinese decent consequently singling out one minority group and purposely restricting their access. The head tax started an amount of fifty dollars but was increased to one hundred dollars by 1900, it was again increased to a small fortune of five racism Racism has become one of the many burdens amongst multi-cultural worlds like Canada and the States. Racism is a part of each and every one of us. No doubt, we ... hundred dollars per person in 1903. On top of this, Newfoundland imposed an additional three hundred-dollar provincial head tax on top of the already high five hundred-dollar federal tax. Through the use of head tax, it is estimated that the Canadian government collected over 24 million dollars from approximately 81,000 Chinese immigrants. At the same time
The common belief that Canada is far less racist then their neighbors to the south is perhaps one of the greatest falsehoods of North American society today. Through out history, Canada has been home to many race-based atrocities. Because of time and lack of media attention these events have been buried. To such an extent have these issues been neglected that the general public now cannot recognized them or discern them as part of their country�s past.
Although recently over the past thirty to forty years Canada has been on the leading edge with human rights and in areas of equality between people/sexes, this has not always been the case. Canada�s history has been just a recently blemished as that of the infamous United
States. Three examples that depict this downfall are: the Chinese head tax, the internet of Japanese Canadians during world war two and the open anti-Semitism of the early though mid nineteen hundreds. It
country. The law was enacted primarily because the need for cheap laborers was no longer necessary due to the completion of the railway. Unlike most other laws concerning immigration, this new tax was only directed towards people of a Chinese decent consequently singling out one minority group and purposely restricting their access. The head tax started an amount of fifty dollars but was increased to one hundred dollars by 1900, it was again increased to a small fortune of five racism Racism has become one of the many burdens amongst multi-cultural worlds like Canada and the States. Racism is a part of each and every one of us. No doubt, we ... hundred dollars per person in 1903. On top of this, Newfoundland imposed an additional three hundred-dollar provincial head tax on top of the already high five hundred-dollar federal tax. Through the use of head tax, it is estimated that the Canadian government collected over 24 million dollars from approximately 81,000 Chinese immigrants. At the same time