Nativism: A

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Nativism A Not-So-Pretty ThreadWoven
Through Our History

• Definition Opposition to an internal minority
  on the grounds that it is believed to pose a
  threat to Canadian national life.
• Involves an amalgam of prejudice and nationalism,
  but has nothing to do with the revival of
  aboriginal cultures.

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Waves of Nativism Roots of the Redneck
Stereotype

• Nativism has waxed and waned
• Rise 1880 to Early 1920s
• Waning 1920-25
• Resurgence 1925-30
• Scapegoating Depression WW II
• Modern Nativism Late 20thCentury

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Nativisms Victims, by Wave(Note different
targets in different eras.)

• Wave 1 Chinese, Germans, Austrians, central
  eastern Europeans, pacifists (e.g., Hutterites),
  Blacks, labour radicals
• Wave 2 (1925-30) Catholics and non-AngloSaxom
  immigrants
• Wave 3 (Depression WW II) Immigrants
  deportations
• Chinese -- discrim. in relief payments
  Hutterites Land Sales Prohibition Act Jews
  Social Credit Board propaganda
• Japanese municipal exclusion by-laws
• Wave 4 (Late 20th Century)
• French Canadians Quebec
• Blacks Jews