Racism In Modern Canada

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Canada is well known for its multicultural population and acceptance of all religions, races, and traditions, but it wasn’t always this way. Canada has a gruesome history of racism and violence that many people like to disregard. It took a long time to make our Country this way, and our history evokes striking interest to some. Preconception is still very much alive in modern Canada, but how did it start? And why?

History of racism dates back as far as Canada’s very first settlement. Feud between the Aboriginal peoples and European colonizers arose in the 17th and 18th centuries. Europeans saw the First Nations as humdrum barbarians, primarily for their race, religion, or ethnicity. First Nations were treated poorly, and therefore lived poorly

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