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Description:On January 22 2015, Maclean's magazine declared Winnipeg themost racist place in Canada.There can be no doubt that anti-Aboriginal racism is a serious problemin Winnipeg, in all of Canada. It may be one of the most serious issuesfacing Canada. Maclean’s writer Nancy MacDonald quite rightly pointed tothe many indicators of the problem, even though she focused just on Winnipeg:the many incidents of overt individual racism, name-calling, unoccupiedrentals suddenly becoming not available; the large proportion of peoplewho would not be comfortable living next to an Aboriginal family or havinga romantic relationship with an Aboriginal person; the deep and unrelentingpoverty; the overincarceration; the huge numbers of Aboriginal kids in thecare of child welfare; the deaths of Tina Fontaine and Brian Sinclair.The Maclean’s article focused mostly on this overt individual racism.There was some discussion of the deeper institutional basis of anti-Aboriginalracism. Colonialism, accomplished through appropriating the land, throughresidential schools, through over-policing Aboriginal people, through apprehendingAboriginal children, seen in the violence and drug abuse in Aboriginalcommunities, makes a brief appearance in the article. It is this institutionalside of white privilege that sustains it and racism over the long haul.To its credit the magazine article also at least hinted at the other side ofthe racial divide – Winnipeg is also home to many innovative and effectivestrategies for undoing the effects of anti-Aboriginal racism. Most evident inthe myriad Aboriginal individuals and organizations working to change Aboriginallives. Non-Aboriginal people in Winnipeg, and all across Canada,need to do their part in undoing racism – there isn’t enough of that happening,Introductionby Fernwood3and it will take more than sports team logos to achieve equality. White peopleneed to change their individual behavior, to change the institutions that theynow control and walk beside Aboriginal activists as allies. Admitting that thereis a problem is the first, tiny, step.The Maclean’s article provided the impetus for a renewal of an on-going,though at times muted, conversation (in Winnipeg) about anti-Aboriginalracism. While we don’t see any productive results coming from trying to decidewho is the most racist, we think the conversation is absolutely necessaryand want to be part of it. So, we at Fernwood do what we do – publish books– to be part of the conversation. With thanks to the authors who agreed to letus use their work, we offer here some of the thinking and writing about these issues taken from Fernwood books published over the past 8 years.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with racism in winnipeg fernwood publishing. To get started finding racism in winnipeg fernwood publishing, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Release: 2015

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Description: On January 22 2015, Maclean's magazine declared Winnipeg themost racist place in Canada.There can be no doubt that anti-Aboriginal racism is a serious problemin Winnipeg, in all of Canada. It may be one of the most serious issuesfacing Canada. Maclean’s writer Nancy MacDonald quite rightly pointed tothe many indicators of the problem, even though she focused just on Winnipeg:the many incidents of overt individual racism, name-calling, unoccupiedrentals suddenly becoming not available; the large proportion of peoplewho would not be comfortable living next to an Aboriginal family or havinga romantic relationship with an Aboriginal person; the deep and unrelentingpoverty; the overincarceration; the huge numbers of Aboriginal kids in thecare of child welfare; the deaths of Tina Fontaine and Brian Sinclair.The Maclean’s article focused mostly on this overt individual racism.There was some discussion of the deeper institutional basis of anti-Aboriginalracism. Colonialism, accomplished through appropriating the land, throughresidential schools, through over-policing Aboriginal people, through apprehendingAboriginal children, seen in the violence and drug abuse in Aboriginalcommunities, makes a brief appearance in the article. It is this institutionalside of white privilege that sustains it and racism over the long haul.To its credit the magazine article also at least hinted at the other side ofthe racial divide – Winnipeg is also home to many innovative and effectivestrategies for undoing the effects of anti-Aboriginal racism. Most evident inthe myriad Aboriginal individuals and organizations working to change Aboriginallives. Non-Aboriginal people in Winnipeg, and all across Canada,need to do their part in undoing racism – there isn’t enough of that happening,Introductionby Fernwood3and it will take more than sports team logos to achieve equality. White peopleneed to change their individual behavior, to change the institutions that theynow control and walk beside Aboriginal activists as allies. Admitting that thereis a problem is the first, tiny, step.The Maclean’s article provided the impetus for a renewal of an on-going,though at times muted, conversation (in Winnipeg) about anti-Aboriginalracism. While we don’t see any productive results coming from trying to decidewho is the most racist, we think the conversation is absolutely necessaryand want to be part of it. So, we at Fernwood do what we do – publish books– to be part of the conversation. With thanks to the authors who agreed to letus use their work, we offer here some of the thinking and writing about these issues taken from Fernwood books published over the past 8 years.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with racism in winnipeg fernwood publishing. To get started finding racism in winnipeg fernwood publishing, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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