Racism Against Japanese Canadians in British Columbia: My Reflections on Racism Inspired by John Holt
Racism against Japanese Canadians in British Columbia (B.C.) has been an ongoing issue with its roots ingrained in the past. The province of B.C. has a history of putting Japanese Canadians into internment camps during World War II due to their ethnic background and are still refusing to include thi...
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Nipissing University
2022-06-01
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| description | Racism against Japanese Canadians in British Columbia (B.C.) has been an ongoing issue with its roots ingrained in the past. The province of B.C. has a history of putting Japanese Canadians into internment camps during World War II due to their ethnic background and are still refusing to include this tragedy into the current B.C. curriculum. This reflective autoethnography guided by John Holt’s Learning All the Time, explores the history and current issues that Japanese Canadians face in B.C. Through the lens of the researcher’s own experiences with racism, the issues of being a “model minority”, the difficulties of cultural identity, and the current state of racism towards Asian Canadians are discussed. The study concludes that, the lack of historical recognition from the government and with the rise in hate crimes towards Asian Canadians due to COVID-19, racism towards “model minorities” is very much alive in today’s society. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4dad205d196a4af1b9ac699300c7a4d02022-12-22T01:41:15ZengNipissing UniversityJournal of Unschooling and Alternative Learning1916-81282022-06-0116325975Racism Against Japanese Canadians in British Columbia: My Reflections on Racism Inspired by John HoltMay (Mayuka) RaymondRacism against Japanese Canadians in British Columbia (B.C.) has been an ongoing issue with its roots ingrained in the past. The province of B.C. has a history of putting Japanese Canadians into internment camps during World War II due to their ethnic background and are still refusing to include this tragedy into the current B.C. curriculum. This reflective autoethnography guided by John Holt’s Learning All the Time, explores the history and current issues that Japanese Canadians face in B.C. Through the lens of the researcher’s own experiences with racism, the issues of being a “model minority”, the difficulties of cultural identity, and the current state of racism towards Asian Canadians are discussed. The study concludes that, the lack of historical recognition from the government and with the rise in hate crimes towards Asian Canadians due to COVID-19, racism towards “model minorities” is very much alive in today’s society.https://jual.nipissingu.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2022/07/v14295.pdfracismmodel minorityautoethnographyjapanese canadian |
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| title | Racism Against Japanese Canadians in British Columbia: My Reflections on Racism Inspired by John Holt |
| title_full | Racism Against Japanese Canadians in British Columbia: My Reflections on Racism Inspired by John Holt |
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| title_sort | racism against japanese canadians in british columbia my reflections on racism inspired by john holt |
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