Race and Ethnicity

Race and Ethnicity

In Canadian society, we are welcome to a diverse society, which allows anyone no matter what race or ethnicity. In this essay, I will discuss from a feminine perspective how to distinguish between race and ethnicity and how prejudice and discrimination have contributed to keeping the distinction alive.

Race is a term used by many people to specify groups of people distinguished by physical characteristics such as skin colour; also, a category of people who have been singled out as inferior or superior, often on the basis of real or alleged physical characteristics such as skin colour, hair texture, eye shape, or other subjectively selected attributes . As a female I have had to experience many discriminative actions, such as being called a "dumb blond". As I have also witnessed other females being disgraced about their physical appearance. Racism and sexism meet in the lives of women and affect their daily experiences as well as their access to services. Women don't understand that they have the rights and refuse to stand up for themselves. " In the case of sexual assault or family violence, these women may be under even more pressure than Anglo-Canadian women not to report the incident, in order not to breach the solidarity of the community. On the other hand, they may be isolated and not have traditional family-support networks."

Secondly, Ethnicity is the cultural heritage or identity of a group based on factors such as language or country of origin. Ethnicity picks on the persons cultural. As I was growing up I had to deal with many of these problem as a child. I was always hanging around with they kids that were not like because of their cultural. Each of use segregate each other by cultural. For example, Brampton has separated the city into sections (all the Indians live on the east side and the Italians on the west). However in Canadian society we are very multicultural and accept all cultures and religions.

Thirdly, Prejudice is a negative attitude based on the faulty generalizations about members of selected groups.

Discrimination are actions or practices of dominant group members (or their representatives) that have a harmful impact on members of a subordinate group.