Interrogating Race and Racism.
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- computer
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- 9781442685444
- 305.8
- HT1521.I584 2007
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE: IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES, AND ASYLUM SEEKERS -- 1 Contradictions of 'Racial' Discourse -- 2 From Slavery to Expulsion: Racism, Canadian Immigration Law, and the Unfulfilled Promise of Modern Constitutionalism -- 3 Citizenship, Illegality, and Sanctuary -- PART TWO: RACE, WORK, AND WORKPLACE -- 4 Colour My World: Have Earnings Gaps for Canadian-Born Ethnic Minorities Changed over Time? -- 5 What Does It Take to Achieve Full Integration? Economic(Under)Performance of Chinese Immigrants in Canada -- 6 Racial Discrimination in Nursing -- PART THREE: NATION AND IDENTITY -- 7 Borders and Exclusions: Racial Profiling in the New World Order -- 8 Racism Masquerading as Nationalism: Wars, Japanese-Americans, and Arab-Americans -- 9 From Displaying 'Jewish Art' to(Re)Building German-Jewish History: The Jewish Museum Berlin -- PART FOUR: NATION, CITIZENSHIP, AND BELONGING -- 10 The Conundrum of Inclusion: Racialized Women in Public Policy Reports -- 11 From Africa to Canada: Bordered Spaces, Border Crossings, and Imagined Communities -- 12 Being White and Thinking Black: An Interview with Frances Henry -- Contributors.
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.
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