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As
Canadians, we're justifiably proud of our diverse nation, and our
reputation for politeness. But good manners don't neutralize the
racism and discrimination that exist in canada. Calling Canada a
multicultural paradise is simply delusional, because as canadian we
normally don’t like to discuss racism, we generally think americans
are the one with racism problems and maybe they should talk about
that. We would like to think that we are above racism, this type of
false belief is what causes majority of canadian to turn away from
discussions regarding racism. Yes, Canada is beautiful on the surface
with all our talks of diversity but laying beneath secrets, dark and
venomous, canada is worse than it is in the united stated because we
all think we are doing okay. As a matter fact we are not colour-blind
we are just in-denial. Racism in canada is systematic, if we think of
canada as a changed country regarding racism, we firstly need to
admit and talk about race rather than ignore it.
According
to BBC news mayor Bowman who is Winnipeg’s first indigenous mayor,
is also the first mayor to acknowledge in a speech that Winnipeg was
build on the traditional homeland of the Metis nation, who are
descendents of indigenous people and european settlers. He was
inspired by the recent murder of aboriginal teenager Tina fontaine
who was wrapped in plastic and tossed into the red river after being
sexually exploited in the city of Winnipeg. He expresses that
Winnipeg’s is where canada's racism problem is at its worst,
majority of canadian deep hatred toward aboriginals is extremely
unbelievable, aboriginals are mostly described in words such as
people who are alcoholic, jobless and homeless, people who abuse
themselves and others in every imaginable ways. Likewise, for african
canadian.
In
relation to class discussion Warmington and Lentin both argue that
racialism is still active and not something of the past which we call
a “post-racial”, although majority of people believe that we have
finally got over the racism era. However, Lentin states that whether
or not race is named, refusing the language of race does not mean
avoiding acting in ways that produce racialized inequalities.
regardless of the reality of today's generation, warmington described
how difficult it is for our society to be capable of not being racist
due to the reality of what we have a “racist society”. Lentin
also states that “anti- racists need to admit the existence of
“reverse racism”. As a result most researchers tend not to view
race as a social fact neither do they believe race to be vital in
understanding racism, this is why researchers put quotation marks on
race as concepts to explain racism, instead, their main focus is on
racialization, because these researchers believe that the world is
currently in a post racial era, which is a false consciousness.
However, post-racial positions remain premature the first counter to
post-racial standpoints is brute fact: it is patently untrue that a
post-racial or colour-blind situation has been achieved. Globally,
race practices remain integral to social and political formations.
Let
alone racism concurrency through interaction, racism is also
portrayed through the media, for instance, the Tv show South Park has
much more to say about race than its crudely stereotypical and even
crassly juvenile depictions of the racial Other would suggest. south
park compares and illustrate the reality social issues and the show
itself explains a lot about today's generation. they are using
cartoons to explain reality and the truths which are hidden from
people, we must admit that we are a colour-blinded society. south
park is commonly known for bringing the truth to most of the times
sensitive issues. Additionally, even Obama gave a speech in 2008
regarding race, the post racial discourse has become prominent in the
united state and in canada. If racism doesn't exist as the
discourse goes then why in the world should we still talk about
racism at all.
Although
we claim to be “anti racist” we have a long way to go until the
end, unfortunately racism will never end because of people are not
pushing forward to change nothing, because its obvious that people
tend to care only about themselves and ignores the rest of the
groups, how can we possibly be anti-racist in what way are changes
suppose to occurs? Fixing
the problem of racism begins with talking about it.
for more click the links below!
http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/welcome-to-winnipeg-where-canadas-racism-problem-is-at-its-worst/
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