A sociological phenomenon is when there is something that is not out of the ordinary in society. When Harper said that about the high rate of kidnapped and murder of Aboriginal women it shows that they are not an important factor to today Canadian society. Sociology is a study of social problems and the high kidnapped rate of Aboriginal is a social problem. This shows that being Aboriginal and women is thought to be the lowest status in Canadian society and where being white is having the highest status. Canada is though to be a multicultural country, but that is not true when there is an underlining factor of racism and white power. Canada has an image of where everyone is kind, apologizes for everything, and is revered for its natural beauty.
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Even though many European Canadians themselves have immigrated to this country they have always have the negative image of abusing power over other none whites and this goes hand in hand with the natives. This goes along when Himani Bannerji says, “is an awareness of how deeply colonialist perspectives have permeated virtually all aspects of any settler society” (pg.2). With these image of white power it as it seems that they have a right to treat the Aboriginal people as bad, but why they just want to treat as humans beings. With Aboriginal women being kidnapped, this has made them into a target, because they know that no one cares to them. By the government saying they don’t care for these people, there are just re-making them into victims. The Canadian government downplaying this social problem shows how little for they care, but why its not as if the Aboriginal people are fighting with them over land that was 200 years ago, why treat people as if they are below them, when they are accepting other people from around the world, to this country and cannot even treat the native people of this land in a humane
Even though many European Canadians themselves have immigrated to this country they have always have the negative image of abusing power over other none whites and this goes hand in hand with the natives. This goes along when Himani Bannerji says, “is an awareness of how deeply colonialist perspectives have permeated virtually all aspects of any settler society” (pg.2). With these image of white power it as it seems that they have a right to treat the Aboriginal people as bad, but why they just want to treat as humans beings. With Aboriginal women being kidnapped, this has made them into a target, because they know that no one cares to them. By the government saying they don’t care for these people, there are just re-making them into victims. The Canadian government downplaying this social problem shows how little for they care, but why its not as if the Aboriginal people are fighting with them over land that was 200 years ago, why treat people as if they are below them, when they are accepting other people from around the world, to this country and cannot even treat the native people of this land in a humane