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Exclusion in Healthcare, Education, and Governance: Racializing and Positioning Indigenous Peoples at the Margins of Canadian Society

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The assimilation project of the European settlers left a most excruciating legacy among Indigenous peoples in Canada. The afflictions brought by the residential schools reverberate from generation to generation of Indigenous peoples, exacerbated by discoveries of unmarked graves of children participants in various regions of the country. Such an event ruined the fabric of the … Continue reading Exclusion in Healthcare, Education, and Governance: Racializing and Positioning Indigenous Peoples at the Margins of Canadian Society

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A Deviance That Makes A Difference

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     Societies evolve and develop, and their progression processes underwent gradual to swift social changes over time, by which Karl Marx sees them in the context of conflicts. Inequality and injustices in society are the foundations of societal conflicts, driving forces of social deviance.  Stephanie Ehret (23 September 2020) takes on the dictionary meaning of … Continue reading A Deviance That Makes A Difference

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Becoming A Man for Wrong Reasons

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     The social construction of a "real man" is evident in different cultures, ethnicities, and civilizations, wherein being masculine is attributed to violence. Undoubtedly, violence, which entails deviant behaviours, is a part of the ever-changing social dynamics. Men, then, are always deemed to be the main actors in any scene of violence. Jackson Katz, in … Continue reading Becoming A Man for Wrong Reasons

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An Inhibited Freedom

/ Greg Jabal / 833 Comments

From the beginning of civilization, slavery was already part of its social system. In fact, biblical story tells that Moses led the Israelites out of enslavement and the tyranny of the Egyptian pharaohs. Thus, servitude could be traced back in the history of every society. Up to this modern age, bondage has various disguised faces … Continue reading An Inhibited Freedom