Lovers and Fighters | Section 22

One thing that shook me to the core was the fact that “the native only own 0.2% of their land while Canada owns 89% of stole land”. That being said, to my knowledge, amongst Indigenous there are no stereotypes regarding “male jobs” or “female jobs”. Whereas in Canada and the States, female jobs are examples of “nursing and teaching” whereas men are the engineers of society. (Kilmartin, Smiler 228) Thus, women are likely to be affected by climate change compared to men due to inequality. Throughout history, “women nearly always contributed equal or larger amounts compared to men”. (Kilmartin, Smiler 228) Yet, the men still take the credit for it.

As for Navqi’s and Laity’s presentation, it is not a surprise to my knowledge that throughout their lives, they experienced severe Negrophobia or Islamophobia. Nadia experienced racism way before Law 21 came into place. Growing up, Nadia saw her father get beaten for no reason, a teacher telling her to go back to her country, etc. Nonetheless, even after becoming a teacher she was bullied by students and their parents. Whereas for Laity, she stated skin colour, or her hair style did not matter back where she grew up in Senegal. She was looked down on differently when she went to Paris. Because of Law 21, she cannot move up to be a part of administration due to her hijab. That being stated, “it is proven that for white people, racialization happens differently because they are culturally a dominant group in our society”. (Kilmartin, Smiler 225)

In conclusion, people of colour, specifically women are oppressed because of the phobias people have to a certain race. Also, white privilege does exist and it undermines the experience and knowledge a person of colour has just because of a skin colour. Hopefully near future, skin colour does not come into consideration.