Social Discrimination In Canada

Historically, canada faced enormous economic growth in the beginning of the twentieth century based on significant growth in populations. as the demand for labourers became stronger due to the economic growth canada became more acceptable with the idea of migration.just as population increased, social constructions of race,ethnicity, class and gender played important roles in formation and development of canada as a nation state.furthermore, the experience of visible minorities to canada was critically depended on these social concepts as immigrants were crucial in progress of economy during the 1900.as canada was known as the "whites men land", many immigrants suffered from social discrimination and inquiry of immigrant's experience is central
Argued by Roxana Ng that Ethnicity/race, gender, and class must be treated as social relations which have to do with how people relate to each other through productive and reproductive activities (230). By analyzing the Canadian immigration history it is obvious that men and women and various races were treated differently. As a proof for this argument historical evidences are available. For instance, “Chinese men were not allowed to bring their wives and families to Canada so they could not propagate and spread the yellow menace” (Ng, 234). It is important to know the definitions regarding ethnicity and race are social constructions that shift constantly, reflecting the changing dynamics of gender, race and class relations over time, throughout her paper (Ng, 227). Further on the changing dynamics of race, class and gender as stated “gender, race/ethnicity, and class are not fixed entities. They are socially constructed in and through productive and reproductive relations in which we all participate” (239). Wisely speaking, Ng is arguing in the right direction because by comparing the social construction of Canada today to early 1900s, we can analyze that there have been significant shifts in the definitions and individual’s views regarding race/ethnicity, class, and gender. As an illustration, in
Eaton garment factory. men and women solidarity formed an outstanding strike regarding social insults;the company was laying of women while assigning their jobs to men with no concern to the pressure of the job with no raise.although Eaton's company was treating its employees no different than any other company at that time(317) it faced many issues due to the support of many organization for its strikers, such as united garment workers and Toronto's jewish community.moreover, the social discrimination against Finnish domestics about the same period of time is illustrated by varpu lindstrom. due to the shortage of domestic workers in the beginning of the 20th century Finnish maid faced many benefits such as countless job opportunities, good wages and "an instant home,on the job training and immersion in country's language and customs"(172), yet social inequality did not exclude them.the main problem these Finnish domestics was "long hours,hard work and lack of privacy"(182).being domestic work the case of their migration, employers teated them as low status visible minorities.to analyze the social construction of jewish workers in 1900's,it is examined that the immigrants were treated with discrimination in their work environment and suffered from many disadvantages due to racism and sexism.in comparison,