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- Topic: Race & Racism
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Identifying as Arab in Canada
A Century of Immigration History
While “Arabs” now attract considerable attention – from media, the state, and sociological studies – their history in Canada remains little known. Identifying as Arab in Canada begins to rectify this invisibilization by exploring the migration from Machrek (the Middle East) to Canada from the late 19th century through the 1970s.
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Rethinking Who We Are
Critical Reflections on Human Diversity in Canada
Rethinking Who We Are takes a non-conventional approach to understanding human difference in Canada.
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Decolonizing Academia
Poverty, Oppression and Pain
Poetic, confrontational and radical, Decolonizing Academia speaks to those who have been taught to doubt themselves because of the politics of censorship, violence and silence that sustain the Ivory Tower.
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Viola Desmond
Her Life and Times
Accessible, concise and timely, this book tells the incredible, important story of Viola Desmond, considered by many to be Canada’s Rosa Parks.
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Racism and Anti-Racism in Canada
This introductory book was planned and written specifically as an introduction to racism and anti-racism. It is conspicuously activist and advocates anti-racism within the parameters of sound academic research. The authors do not see a contradiction between strong research and calls to action to create a non-racist society.
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There’s Something In The Water
Environmental Racism in Indigenous & Black Communities
“Reckoning with Canada’s denial of its colonial past, present and erasure of marginalized communities, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in the impacts of environmental racism in Canada and beyond.” — Ellen Page
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Alt-Right
From 4Chan to the White House
This book is a vital guide to understanding the racist, misogynist, far-right movement that rose to prominence during Donald Trump’s successful election campaign.
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Policing Black Lives
State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present
Delving behind Canada’s veneer of multiculturalism and tolerance, Policing Black Lives traces anti-Blackness from the slave ships to the prisons, the classrooms and beyond.
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Boomerang Ethics
How Racism Affects Us All
Timely and incredibly important, Boomerang Ethics is a much-needed resource in the fight against racism because it does not gloss over the self-interests of members of the privileged, who ultimately have the power to help alleviate racism.
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Flying Fish in the Great White North
The Autonomous Migration of Black Barbadians
As recently as the 1960s, the Canadian government enforced discriminatory, anti-Black immigration policies, designed to restrict and prohibit the entry of Black Barbadians and Black West Indians.
