The blacks have been subjugated to slavery for hundreds of years.
was not as propionate in Canada as it was in the United States, racism is a part of .
Canada's history. There are three main aspects to black oppression. They are institutional .
racism, racist knowledge and power relations.
To begin there is no such thing as race. It is a social construction and is in no way .
biological. Individuals and societies have created and the used race as a means to oppress .
and subjugate another group of people. Racial oppression is when a group of people .
dominates another through the use of race. This dominate group receives various benefits. .
The blacks are a case of this racial oppression, because they were turned into slaves .
because of the colour of their skin. .
It did not start this way of course. When the blacks came to North America they .
were not slaves. After a while however slavery laws were passed and that enabled the .
white masters to turn the blacks into slaves . This is the first example of the institutional .
racism used to enslave the blacks. There were several other reasons for this. Another is .
that it was purely for reasons that the blacks were enslaved. They were a cheap source of .
labour that was easily controlled. They had to established ties in North America, like the .
native, and were thus easier to enslave and used for white purposes . Another way .
institutional racism was used against the blacks was through various media structures like .
television, books and art. Through these means the blacks were continually stereotyped. .
This of course justified the white peoples continued enslavement of the black population.
This racial knowledge held by the white population of the time allowed these .
white individuals that profited economically to continue with their subjugation of the .
black population. The various ideas and stereotypes that these white people planted into .
the population through various media structures were very wrong.