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Racism in Canada

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There are many examples in Canadian history that illustrate the concept of racism and discrimination in our society. To begin, from the beginning of Canada’s history, the white man has been discriminatory towards indigenous people. This is demonstrated during the fur trade when the white man came to Canada and treated the natives as if they were not human. They stole their lands and furs and cheated them in trade. This bigotry was continued with residential schools and clearly shows how the Canadian government and the people were very discriminative in the history of Canadian First Nations peoples. In addition, Canadians were against Italians immigrating to the country. This is evident because, after the Second World War, Italians that had come to Canada were considered enemy aliens and seen as violent people or criminals. Canadians would beat them and call them derogatory terms. Employers would also not hire them just for being Italian. This shows the hatred that Canadians had towards the Italian people. Finally, a more recent example of racism in Canada is that some Canadian people were racist against Chinese people during Covid-19. This is illustrated when Chinese people were being blamed for causing the virus or bringing it here and people would act as if they had covid just because it came from China. This demonstrates that there is still intolerance against Asians in our community. Although we have made racism a big problem in our society’s past, I think we have gotten better at respecting people for who they are. Reading and discussing the novel “In the Heat of The Night” has made me understand how terrible racism truly is and how it can affect people. It has also given me a better understanding of how minorities can feel. Because of the aforementioned items, it is clear that racism is a horrid act that has been displayed in Canada in many ways and needs to end.

Works Cited

‘Colonization’. Facing History and Ourselves, https://www.facinghistory.org/stolen-lives-indigenous-peoples-canada-and-indian-residential-schools/historical-background/colonization. Accessed 26 Apr. 2022.

Italophobia. http://www.italiancanadianww2.ca/theme/detail/italophobia. Accessed 26 Apr. 2022.

Wells, Nick. ‘Chinese-Canadians Voice Worries about Racism, Job Losses One Year into Pandemic’. Coronavirus, 8 Feb. 2021, https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/chinese-canadians-voice-worries-about-racism-job-losses-one-year-into-pandemic-1.5299682.

Heat of the Night: The Movie

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My Movie

Character, Setting & Mood

This past week, I have learned a lot about character, setting and mood in a story and how it can make a big impact on the reader’s prospective. This includes using identity markers for the characters to find out who they are more in depth by finding references to them in the story and analyzing them. All detailed mentions about the physical appearance of a character are important for the reader to imagine the story and it helped me create an avatar for my character. Determining the setting of the story is also very crucial to the experience of the reader. It can be determined by examining the time period, where it takes place, who is in it, the culture, and the mood of the story. In a book or story, the mood is the ambience or atmosphere of the plot and it helps to paint a picture for the reader. The storyline of this book is mysterious and our character’s death is mournful, so we tried to select a song that fit in with both of those characteristics of the story. Because of the afore mentioned items, it is evident that from this weeks experience, I have learned about character, setting and mood and how important they are to a story.

Core Competency Reflection

In discussions and conversations, I help to build and extend understanding by collaborating with others and stating my opinions and ideas to try and help make group decisions and I let everyone share their ideas and opinions as a group.

I use evidence to make judgements or decisions. When making the character markers and the avatars, we had to use evidence and statements from the novel to make conclusions and inferences about our characters and settings.

When I need to work collaboratively with people I don’t know well, I try to make everyone feel welcomed and included by introducing myself and discussing things as a group. I also try to collaborate with them by putting out ideas and valuing their opinions, ideas and criticisms.

One skill I have developed to make my creative activities better are being able to recognize the detail in description in a story and being able to experience the novel in a different way depending on the level of detail and vocabulary within it. I can now use that creative skill in the future when writing, explaining, analyzing, and more.