| ID: |
HARP-201 |
| Title: |
People of colour and national identity in Canada |
| Source: |
Journal of Canadian Studies , v.35(2) Summ’00 pg 166-175 |
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| Year: |
2000 |
| Pages: |
0 |
| Author(s): |
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| Keywords: |
anti-discrimination, Canada, colonial/colonialism, discrimination, human rights, movement and residency, non-discrimination, racial discrimination, woman, racism, sexism, ethnic minorities, civil and political rights, minority rights |
| Abstract: |
This essay asserts that the question of belonging in the Canadian nation is of primary concern to people of colour. Due to an historical legacy of colonialism and imperialism, people of colour in general are devalued, their cultures are stigmatised and they are economically exploited. The author delineates the typical responses of people of colour to this predicament and shows how these responses differ among different generations. The author argues that these differences are primarily due to the fact that the second and subsequent generations do not have a home other than Canada while the first generation retain some attachment to their country of origin. The author discusses how the problems of women of colour are compounded because of sexism within their own ethnic groups and in the Canadian society at large. Some of the reactions of the mainstream Canadians to the predicament of people of colour are also discussed. |
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Keywords: anti-discrimination, Canada, civil and political rights, colonial/colonialism, discrimination, ethnic minorities, human rights, minority rights, movement and residency, non-discrimination, racial discrimination/racism, sexism, woman
