Racism in Canada
Racism in Canada
Canada is a multicultural country but still there is a lot of social inequality in Canada. Social Inequality plays a major role in everyone’s life and it also shapes one’s opinions, character and influences what one becomes in his/her life. Racism is also a form of social inequality, which is kind of prevalent in almost every society of the world. But everyone is not racist; therefore, if we base our judgment solely on the basis of a bunch of racist people, then every German is a Nazi, every white person is a white supremacist and every Arabian person is a Taliban, which is a completely wrong notion. Racism is a socially constructed phenomenon centered on the concept of stereotype and prejudice that describes the hostile or negative feelings of one ethnic group toward another, it is a specific form of prejudice based on aspects of physical appearance such as skin color (Symbaluk, Bereska, 179). This essay will throw some light on the racism against immigrants in Canada.
Today people in Canada live in a multicultural society but the former ideologies of racism are still clinging to our advanced civilization. There are many organizations to prevent racism but we can still find incidents of racism and hate crimes related to racism in Canadian newspapers, magazines and in other social media. There are various policies against racism in Canada but if we look at various studies conducted on Canadian minorities, which are directed towards to know their Canadian experiences, most of the participants accept that, they face racism in one form or another. Canadian population mainly constitutes of Europeans and Caucasians and they have continually been at the top of the Canadian hierarchy since its existence and, they also segregated Native American Indians into their society. But as the Canada continually evolves into a melting pot of many ethnic backgrounds, there are some chances that in
Canada is a multicultural country but still there is a lot of social inequality in Canada. Social Inequality plays a major role in everyone’s life and it also shapes one’s opinions, character and influences what one becomes in his/her life. Racism is also a form of social inequality, which is kind of prevalent in almost every society of the world. But everyone is not racist; therefore, if we base our judgment solely on the basis of a bunch of racist people, then every German is a Nazi, every white person is a white supremacist and every Arabian person is a Taliban, which is a completely wrong notion. Racism is a socially constructed phenomenon centered on the concept of stereotype and prejudice that describes the hostile or negative feelings of one ethnic group toward another, it is a specific form of prejudice based on aspects of physical appearance such as skin color (Symbaluk, Bereska, 179). This essay will throw some light on the racism against immigrants in Canada.
Today people in Canada live in a multicultural society but the former ideologies of racism are still clinging to our advanced civilization. There are many organizations to prevent racism but we can still find incidents of racism and hate crimes related to racism in Canadian newspapers, magazines and in other social media. There are various policies against racism in Canada but if we look at various studies conducted on Canadian minorities, which are directed towards to know their Canadian experiences, most of the participants accept that, they face racism in one form or another. Canadian population mainly constitutes of Europeans and Caucasians and they have continually been at the top of the Canadian hierarchy since its existence and, they also segregated Native American Indians into their society. But as the Canada continually evolves into a melting pot of many ethnic backgrounds, there are some chances that in
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