Social Diversity in Contemporary Canada

Social Diversity in Contemporary Canada
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Table of Contents
Racism.........................................................................................................................................................2
Sexual orientation........................................................................................................................................3
Importance of privilege and oppression while working and studying with different people........................4
References...................................................................................................................................................5

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Racism
Racism is determined to be the belief in the advantage of one race over another that leads
to prejudice and discrimination towards people based on their ethnicity and race. Racism also
demonstrates a situation in society where a dominant racial group receives benefits from the
oppression of others. This is considered to be an issue of oppression, where oppression is a
system that maintains disadvantages and advantages related to memberships of a social group
(Rutherford, 2017). Racism in Canada possesses a long history starting from African Canadians,
Chinese Canadians, Japanese Canadians and South-Asian Canadians.
An example of disadvantaged oppression is of, Afro-Latina that refers to Latin
Americans of the African ancestry. In today's age, the Afro-Latin black people possess limited
media appearance. The media have been criticised for overlooking the African, multiracial and
indigenous populations. Moreover, anti-police prejudice is a major reason for the protests where
whites and blacks have different views regarding the causes of fatal encounters. Due to some of
the stereotypes, the Afro-Latina black women claims that Afro-Latina is revolutionary. On 26th
November 2009, the Afro-Latina people from Garifuna heritage arrived at the Cathedral
Metropolitana situated in Guatemala City for a church event. The primary reason for this event is
to stop discrimination against Afro-Latina people who are not determined to be part of the
Guatemala population.
Another example is of police stops, where the black people are usually stopped by police
either on feet or in cars. It clearly states that racism continues to be highly racialised as the proof
of racial profiling remains to accumulate. A black male among the age group of 25 or younger
possesses 28% of chances to be stopped by police, whereas a white male possesses only a 12%