PREJUDICE, DISCRIMINATION, RACISM

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Chapter 3

• PREJUDICE, DISCRIMINATION, RACISM

OCTOBER 5, 2006 PRESENTED BY SAVIKA SINGH
NIMASHA MATHAWATHAGE
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FRAMING THE PROBLEM

• From afar, Canada looks like a paragon of racial
  tranquility
• Racism in Canada is thought to be relatively
  muted, and relegated to the dustbins of history.
• Laws are in places that not only prohibit racism
  and discrimination, but also punish those who
  flout Canadas multicultural idea
• The UN has repeatedly ranked Canada as a premier
  place to live

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FRAMING THE PROBLEM

• However, Canada was always subtly racist
  (Chinese, German, Ukraine internment)
• Critics charge that racism is alive and well in
  Canada
• Its worst effects are camouflaged by a Telflon
  veneer of politeness, denial, and good luck

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Racism defined

• Racism as a definition is ever-changing
  multidimensional
• The multidimensionality of racism appears to sort
  itself out into several categories of
  definitions

• Definition of Race are expressed in terms of
• BIOLOGY OR RACE -- Who people are
• IDEOLOGY -- What they believe
• CULTURE -- What they do
• POWER -- Where they standing the broader scheme
  of thing
• These distinctions are analytically useful
  for conceptual purposes, in reality however, they
  are interrelated.

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• Racism is defined as those ideas and ideals
  (ideology) that assert normalcy or superiority
  of one social group over another, together the
  institutionalized power to put these beliefs into
  practice in a way that has the intent or effect
  of demeaning those in a devalued category.
• Racism is ultimately based on patterns of power
  involving relations of dominance, control, and
  exploitation.
• Those in positions of power are able to invoke a
  doctrine of dominant superiority to enforce
  social control over those deemed inferior in the
  competitive struggle for scarce resources.

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Racism constitutes of Prejudice and
Discrimination _______________________________
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• Prejudice being negative and unconscious and
  preconceived notions about others
• Ethnocentrism
• characterized by or based on the attitude that
  one's own group is superior to other
• What is true to your group is true to other
  groups as well
• Discrimination process by which prejudgments are
  put into practice
• Harassment any unwanted/unwelcome
  actions/attention

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FACES OF RACISM

• Hate
• Polite
• Institutional Racism
• Systematic
• Systemic
• Ideological

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Councillor Michael Thompson
STOP YOUNG BLACK MEN AT RANDOM
Police Should Be Allowed To Target Young Black
Men??
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IS CANADA A RACIST SOCIETY?
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Racist Society

• A society that officially and routinely condones
  a hatred toward others

• It systematically oppresses others through
  denial, exclusion, or exploitation the basis of
  race or ethnicity.
• Discrimination toward others is formally
  institutionalized as a basis for defining who
  gets what
• Formal mechanisms do not exist to prevent or deal
  with the outbreak of racist incidents at
  individual or institutional levels

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CANADA

• Officially prohibits racism and racial
  discrimination at policy and statutory levels
• Tolerates differences as a motivation core and
  legally protected goal, encourages freedom of
  expression and dissent, respects minorities, has
  an independent judiciary, and holds the
  government accountable for upholding
  multicultural principle.
• Human Rights Legislation
• Criminal codes against racial hatred
• Sentencing procedures that severely punish hate
  crimes

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Funny Racism ??
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Discussion

• Is racism increasing across Canada, or are
  Canadians becoming more aware or racism?
• Do Whites tend to underestimate racism while
  minorities overstate racism?
• Can Canada be divided into two camps of racist
  and non-racists, or is the potential for racism
  within each of us?

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