Canada, white supremacy, and the twinning of empires
Taking a transnational approach, this essay explores the dynamic circuits of global racisms, resistance, and imperial politics that obliged Canadian policymakers to secure racist exclusions while simultaneously obscuring them. The case studies examined in this essay—British Columbia’s denial of the...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/0020702013510675 2024-06-16T07:39:59+00:00 Canada, white supremacy, and the twinning of empires Price, John 2013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020702013510675 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0020702013510675 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/0020702013510675 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license International Journal: Canada's Journal of Global Policy Analysis volume 68, issue 4, page 628-638 ISSN 0020-7020 2052-465X journal-article 2013 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/0020702013510675 2024-05-19T13:13:50Z Taking a transnational approach, this essay explores the dynamic circuits of global racisms, resistance, and imperial politics that obliged Canadian policymakers to secure racist exclusions while simultaneously obscuring them. The case studies examined in this essay—British Columbia’s denial of the franchise to First Nations and Chinese, adoption of the Natal Act, and the comprehensive federal exclusions adopted after the 1907 white race riots in Vancouver—illustrate how racist immigration policies, both provincial and federal, had to take into account resistance and international factors as perceived by the British Colonial Office. Taken in conjunction with Indigenous history, the history of transpacific migration to Canada offers important insights into the role of white supremacy in a colonial settler state such as Canada. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations SAGE Publications Canada International Journal: Canada's Journal of Global Policy Analysis 68 4 628 638 |
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Taking a transnational approach, this essay explores the dynamic circuits of global racisms, resistance, and imperial politics that obliged Canadian policymakers to secure racist exclusions while simultaneously obscuring them. The case studies examined in this essay—British Columbia’s denial of the franchise to First Nations and Chinese, adoption of the Natal Act, and the comprehensive federal exclusions adopted after the 1907 white race riots in Vancouver—illustrate how racist immigration policies, both provincial and federal, had to take into account resistance and international factors as perceived by the British Colonial Office. Taken in conjunction with Indigenous history, the history of transpacific migration to Canada offers important insights into the role of white supremacy in a colonial settler state such as Canada. |
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