| If we define Race Discrimination it is when a | | | | communities of the first nation are provided with |
| person is treated different or unequally because | | | | additional special laws that allow people to |
| he belongs to a certain racial group. The saddest | | | | preserve their culture and traditions. As for the |
| fact about racial discrimination is that it can occur | | | | colored people and immigrants, the Chinese and |
| in many different situations | | | | the black people who were brought to Canada as |
| If we define Race Discrimination it is when a | | | | cheap working force or slaves gained their rights |
| person is treated different or unequally because | | | | in 1793 by the Act Against Slavery and in 1923 |
| he belongs to a certain racial group. The saddest | | | | by the Chinese Immigration Act. Both of these |
| fact about racial discrimination is that it can occur | | | | acts can be considered to be the early |
| in many different situations. A person can be | | | | cornerstones of equality, nevertheless the slavery |
| treated unequally on his working place (or while | | | | problem was not as big in Canada as it was in the |
| attempting to get a job), harassed during | | | | United States. |
| education, have problems with finding a home or | | | | |
| unequally treated by the police. As for the more | | | | The thirds type of racial discrimination is related to |
| serious things the person can receive bad service | | | | modern world problems like terrorism or other |
| as customer, receive a refusal to extend credit | | | | conflicts. For example the recent scandals |
| and even have problems at voting. Like Orwell | | | | connected to banning Israeli Academics from |
| said all animals are equal, but some animals are | | | | teaching in Canadian universities. The whole issue |
| more equal than other. | | | | had nothing to do with racial issues and was |
| | | | | targeted against the Israeli foreign politics, but in |
| In most of the civilized countries the rights of any | | | | the end it came up as a racial discrimination |
| person are protected, but sometimes they are | | | | against Jewish people. Also after the 9/11 and the |
| protected only after the discrimination already | | | | terrorism issues the Arabic people became a |
| happened. Racism lies deep in the minds of people | | | | target of minor racial discrimination. All these |
| and humanity will need decades to get over it. | | | | cases of racial discrimination can be explained by |
| | | | | the fact that people are sometimes too scarred |
| In Canada the race discriminatio problems can be | | | | by the mass-media and very often mass-media |
| divided into three main types: the problems with | | | | twists the facts to make them more scandalous, |
| aboriginal people, the problems with emigrants and | | | | naturally that leads to misunderstanding. Also |
| the recent racial issues. | | | | there are some modern day race discrimination |
| | | | | issues with emigrants, like the infamous case |
| Like in the United States the aboriginal people | | | | when a Polish emigrant was shocked to death |
| suffered big losses during colonization and what is | | | | with tasers in Toronto Airport, because the |
| worse they were a target of a partial ethnical | | | | security couldn’t communicate with him. |
| genocide even during the 20th century. But in the | | | | This case shows that even the people who |
| modern days there are more and more laws that | | | | represent the law can’t guarantee equal |
| give more rights to aboriginal people. Today the | | | | treatment during a critical situation. |