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Title Interrogating race and racism / edited by Vijay Agnew
Published Toronto : Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (x, 417 pages) : illustrations
Contents Contradictions of 'racial' discourse / Peter S. Li -- From slavery to expulsion : racism, Canadian immigration law, and the unfulfilled promise of modern constitutionalism / Sharryn J. Aiken -- Citizenship, illegality, and sanctuary / Jean McDonald -- Colour my world : have earnings gaps for Canadian-born ethnic minorities changed over time? / Krishna Pendakur and Ravi Pendakur -- What does it take to achieve full integration? : economic (under)performance of Chinese immigrants in Canada / Shuguang Wang and Lucia Lo -- Racial discrimination in nursing / Rebecca Hagey, Jean Turrittin, and Tania Das Gupta -- Borders and exclusions : racial profiling in the new world order / Charles C. Smith -- Racism masquerading as nationalism : wars, Japanese-Americans, and Arab-Americans / Ezra Yoo-Hyeok Lee -- From displaying 'Jewish art' to (re)building German-Jewish history : the Jewish Museum Berlin / Robin Ostow -- Conundrum of inclusion : racialized women in public policy reports / Vijay Agnew -- From Africa to Canada : bordered spaces, border crossings, and imagined communities / Gillian Creese -- Being white and thinking black : an interview with Frances Henry / Vijay Agnew
Summary Agnew delves into the public and private spheres of several distinct communities in order to expose the underlying inequalities within Canada's economic, social, legal, and political systems that frequently result in the denial of basic rights to migrant women
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Racism -- Canada
Racism.
Discrimination in employment -- Canada
Race.
Racial Groups
race (group of people)
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Discrimination in employment
Emigration and immigration
Race
Racism
SUBJECT Canada -- Emigration and immigration
Subject Canada
Form Electronic book
Author Agnew, Vijay, 1946- editor.
ISBN 9781442685444
1442685441