The Politics of Race in Canada by Wallis, Maria; Fleras, Augie;

Long description:

This text brings together selections that have informed debates and generated controversies about race and ethnicity from the 19th century onwards. The anthology's premise is simple: race mattered in the past; rave matters at present; and race will continue to matter in the future. By using an interdisciplinary approach, this collection both demonstrates and analyzes a transition from Canada's early focus on 'ethnicity' to the current increase in sophisticated
analysis of the concept of 'race'. The book shows how despite claims to race-neutrality as a preferred ideal, Canada is a racialized society designed and organized to advance the interests of dominant groups within society, and race remains a key variable in influencing people's identities, experiences,
and outcomes. The final section of the text includes resistances to traditional thinking about race and ethnicity by academics and activist communities.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: 'Conceptualizing the politics of race: Taking race Seriously'
Section 1
Section Introduction: 'Racing Canada: Historical Perspectives'
1-1 J. Walker '"Race" and the Law'
1-2 R. Winks 'Negro School Segregation in Ontario and Nova Scotia'
1-3 J.S. Woodsworth From Strangers within our Gates

1-4 J.M. Gibbon From Canadian Mosaic: The Making of a Northern Nation

1-5 C. Blackhouse 'Race Definition Run Amuck: "Slaying the Dragon of Eskimo Status"'
1-6 M. Boyd 'Race in the Canadian Census'
1-7 C. Foster 'Where Race Does Not Matter'
1-8 A. Fleras 'Playing the Aboriginal Card'
Section 2
Section Introduction: Systemic Racism: Theorizing racism as structural exclusion
2-1 R. Ng 'Immigrant Women, Community Work, and Class Relations'
2-2 D. Stasiulis 'Theorizing Connections: Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and Class'
2-3 F. Henry et al. 'The Ideology of Racism
2-4 S. Razack 'Geopolitics. Culture Clash, and Gender After September 11'
Section 3
Section Introduction: 'Racialization: From Theorizing Race to racialization practices'
3-1 Levitt & Shaffir 'The Swastika as Dramatic Symbol: A Case Study of Ethnic Violence in Canada'
3-2 P. Li 'Thorny Questions and Conceptual Biases'
3-3 H. James 'Race and the Social/Cultural Worlds of Student Athletes'
3-4 A. Fleras 'An Optical Delusion'
3-5 M. Mahtani 'Tricking the Border Guards: Performing Race'
3-6 D. Tanovich 'What is it?'
3-7 colorofpoverty.ca 'Understanding the Racialization of Poverty in Ontario'
3-8 JCFA 'Seeking to Intervene before the Supreme Court of Canada in R v. Kapp'
Section 4
Section Introduction: Anti-Racism and Theorizing Resistance
4-1 C. Aylward 'Canadian Critical Race Litigation'
4-2 B. Lawrence 'Decolonizing Antiracism'
4-3 G. Dei 'Speaking Race: Silence, Salience, and the politics of Anti-Racist Scholarship'
4-4 A. Cooper 'Acts of Resistance: Black men and women engage slavery in Upper Canada 1793-1803'
Conclusion: 'Theorizing Race in Canada: Future Possibilities'
Appendix A 'Universal Declaration of Human Rights'
Appendix B 'The Race Question: UNESCO and its Programme'
Appendix C 'The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms'
Index