For immigrants who are visible minorities in Canada, the experiences their children go through may be more indicative of the long-term potential for economic and social integration of the minority group in Canadian civilization.
Although, research on attitudes of majority reveals that Canadians have somewhat favourable attitudes towards immigration, racial minorities experience significant amount of discrimination compared to the whites in Canada: “35.9 percent [of visible minorities] reported experiences of discrimination, compared with 10.6 percent of whites” (496). In spite of development in the economic conditions of immigrants as they adept to Canada’s society and labour markets – with overall improvement in employment experiences among second generation --, a racial split in perception of discrimination can be seen, particularly longer the immigrants stay in Canada. This gap turns out to be even larger among the second generation. This widening racial chasm can be noticed among “Chinese (34.5%), South Asians (43.4%), Blacks (60.9%), and other visible minority groups” (497). This shows that racial boundaries are a thing of reality in Canadian society.
However, most of the Canadian population is skeptical of the seriousness of racial discrimination influencing visible minorities, …show more content…
In fact, their involvement and experiences may be of a more suitable measurement for the extensiveness of racial discrimination. Immigrants’ earnings drawbacks, even with formal education or sufficient work experiences, may be ascribed to dissimilarity in the quality or Canadian applicability of foreign-acquired experience or education, or to language predicament that are challenging to
Although, research on attitudes of majority reveals that Canadians have somewhat favourable attitudes towards immigration, racial minorities experience significant amount of discrimination compared to the whites in Canada: “35.9 percent [of visible minorities] reported experiences of discrimination, compared with 10.6 percent of whites” (496). In spite of development in the economic conditions of immigrants as they adept to Canada’s society and labour markets – with overall improvement in employment experiences among second generation --, a racial split in perception of discrimination can be seen, particularly longer the immigrants stay in Canada. This gap turns out to be even larger among the second generation. This widening racial chasm can be noticed among “Chinese (34.5%), South Asians (43.4%), Blacks (60.9%), and other visible minority groups” (497). This shows that racial boundaries are a thing of reality in Canadian society.
However, most of the Canadian population is skeptical of the seriousness of racial discrimination influencing visible minorities, …show more content…
In fact, their involvement and experiences may be of a more suitable measurement for the extensiveness of racial discrimination. Immigrants’ earnings drawbacks, even with formal education or sufficient work experiences, may be ascribed to dissimilarity in the quality or Canadian applicability of foreign-acquired experience or education, or to language predicament that are challenging to