CRITICAL REFLECTION
In North and Central America, there is an increase of black women every year who migrate into Canada and the United States of America from the African continent or other countries. When they arrive the women are expected to come into Canada or U.S.A. with the awareness that they are going to be following the laws made by each countries society. I am one of the people who moved to Canada five years ago from Nigeria, Africa. I have come to accept most of the laws here, but still remember how different it felt coming to a new place; where there were so many natural and social differences. The climate changes and there is an awareness of race when compared to the different bodies found. When I was back home and I saw a white person, it never registered to me what I now have come to understand as race. I just thought they looked different and that was the end. When I ended up engaging with them I was treated according to our age …show more content…
Racism is not the only form of institutionalized violence others include all the other system of oppression like class, gender and colonialism.
My interest is in the black community because in the past and even in some areas in Africa today women are believed to lack the ability to gain intellectual knowledge but are believed to be good with more physical and practical work. The men are more in control of thinking for the women in society. The times have changed and now some women are being allowed to further their knowledge and travel to foreign lands. The reason for this opportunity is because some families can afford to pay this high amount of tuition. As a woman myself I come from a family who is willing to help me further my education but as an International student I and my family feel exploited by my school. International students at my school are being forced to pay an amount that is x5 of what the Canadian students or permanent residents
In North and Central America, there is an increase of black women every year who migrate into Canada and the United States of America from the African continent or other countries. When they arrive the women are expected to come into Canada or U.S.A. with the awareness that they are going to be following the laws made by each countries society. I am one of the people who moved to Canada five years ago from Nigeria, Africa. I have come to accept most of the laws here, but still remember how different it felt coming to a new place; where there were so many natural and social differences. The climate changes and there is an awareness of race when compared to the different bodies found. When I was back home and I saw a white person, it never registered to me what I now have come to understand as race. I just thought they looked different and that was the end. When I ended up engaging with them I was treated according to our age …show more content…
Racism is not the only form of institutionalized violence others include all the other system of oppression like class, gender and colonialism.
My interest is in the black community because in the past and even in some areas in Africa today women are believed to lack the ability to gain intellectual knowledge but are believed to be good with more physical and practical work. The men are more in control of thinking for the women in society. The times have changed and now some women are being allowed to further their knowledge and travel to foreign lands. The reason for this opportunity is because some families can afford to pay this high amount of tuition. As a woman myself I come from a family who is willing to help me further my education but as an International student I and my family feel exploited by my school. International students at my school are being forced to pay an amount that is x5 of what the Canadian students or permanent residents