Theme Of Critical Race Theory

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Before I begin, I would just want to point out that both readings had a few greats point s that really express the theme of Critical Race Theory. To continue, within Chapter 3 of the text I found that Critical Race Theory was prevalent within the development of the education system in Canada. After the rise of residential schooling, which by the way was racially marked, different races had been segregated into separate schooling systems. For instance, Blacks during the time period of 1850 had been placed in segregated schools because “white people” did not want them attending the same public schools. (Robson, p.77) Another example being, Chinese immigrants who came to Canada were placed in a separate school because white public viewed Chinese

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