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Why learn about the history of racialized groups? Stephan
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1. Description of Canada’s Past Population
Description of Canada’s Current/Future Population
Definitions of concepts
2. Why learn about the history of racialized groups?
Stephan & Stephan 02
Cultural Circles Exercise
Similar to Qs: Why learn about own culture?
3. Stereotypes of them
As inferior, incapable
Practices toward them
Indian Act & other practices engaged in
Forcible assimilation,
Segregation (prohibited from leaving reserves w/out a pass, prohibited from land ownership)
Cultural suppression (prevented from celebrating ceremonial events, determined who was an Indian)
Sent children residential schools run by missionaries
No right to vote
4. Slavery Practices
Segregation
From Schools, churches, restaurants, hospitals, public transport
Residentially: via deeds, leases
Restricted to menial, low-paying, exhausting labour
5. Recruited labour from China, subject to poor working conditions
Were seen as threat after completing contract work,
Limits on Chinese immigration
Head tax imposition
No voting rights
Limited ability to
own property, run business, enter certain professions & employ people
6. Japanese Canadians
Sent to relocation/detention camps
Stripped of property, businesses & savings
After war, asked to disperse/repatriate to Japan
South Asian Canadians
Laws controlled their economic & social mobility
Immigration laws
Vancouver incident
7. Prevented from immigration during Nazi persecution
Legally prevented from
Staying in Hotel/resorts
Owning, living, buying property, being sold property to
8. Description of Canada’s Past Population
Description of Canada’s Current/Future Population
9. 19-23% of Canadians will be VM
Why?
Immigration
Immigrants will be 22% of pop’n
Higher fertility of VM
Younger age structure of VM
10. Who?
Equal proportions of S. Asian & Chinese, next highest is Black
Where?
75% of VM will be living in TO, Vancouver, Montreal
More than 50% of SA & 40% of Chinese in Canada will live in TO
Of the VMs in Montreal, 27% will be Blacks & 19% will be Arab
11. By VM group
By VM & geographic region
For…
Recruitment
Community Services
Service Industries
12. Description of Canada’s Past Population
Description of Canada’s Current/Future Population
Definitions of concepts
Race
Discrimination
Stereotyping
Prejudice
13. An old classification system based on
Skin colour
Bodily features
Accent/speech
Name
Clothing/grooming
Diet
Beliefs/practices
Leisure preferences
Place of origin
Citizenship
14. Lack of scientific evidence for racial classification system
Differences within races on important characteristics are greater than those between races
Social belief in existence of race has persisted despite lack of scientific proof
15. Difference between race &….
Gender
Discrimination, prejudice, stereotyping
Other cultural characteristics (e.g., individualism)
Use test of amt of differences between vs. within groups
16. Discrimination
When similar or better qualified applicant…
Does not get job applied for
Gets job below qualification
Receives lower pay for same job
17. Unequal treatment or behavior toward members of different groups (Stephan & Stephan 02)
Distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on group membership impairing human rights (Human rights doc)
Impose burdens not imposed on others
Withhold or limit access to benefits available to others
18. Individual
E.g., behaviors like different performance ratings for members of different groups all else being equal
Institutional
Policies, practices, procedures that disadvantage members of some groups
Unequal representation in upper & middle layers of administration, economic & media institutions
19. Societal
Group differences in
Poverty
Imprisonment
Access to employment, housing, healthcare
21. Associating members of certain groups with certain characteristics
E.g., Perceived to be alike in some way (i.e. have similar traits)
E.g., Most Asians are “smart”, “geeky”, “have similar eye size”
Can be positive or negative
Can be true/false of group &/ individual
Implications for functionality
22. Confusing one member of group for another
Believing them to be similar in personality/behavior
E.g., editors vs. journalists
Assuming characteristics of individual based on group membership
E.g., assuming your are nanny because you are Filipino, Assuming non-Whites are not Canadian;
23. Prejudice
Negative feelings (e.g., dislike) toward someone because of group they belong to
Discrimination
Behavior/outcome
24. Culturally valid characteristics
e.g., collectivism
Asians score higher (in general) on collectivism,
Any single Asian may not score higher than a non-Asian on collectivism
Scores on collectivism can be reliably measured
Scores on collectivism are related to important other characteristics
25. Negative attitudes
Negative evaluations & feelings
E.g., Evaluations: They are bad…
Feelings: I hate..
Stephan & Stephan 02
Compare w/Human Rights doc definitions
Racism vs. prejudice has notion of power
Sociologically based
27. A brief history of visible minority groups in Canada
What will be the nature of Canada’s population?
Compare & contrast the concepts of
Race
Stereotyping
Prejudice
Discrimination For grad students only: Paper topic: What role does understanding the history of VM groups play in diversity mgt? For grad students only: Paper topic: What role does understanding the history of VM groups play in diversity mgt?