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The 1918 Toronto anti-Greek riot was a three-day race riot in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, targeting Greek immigrants during August 2–4, 1918. It was the largest riot in the city's history and one of the largest anti-Greek riots in the world.
Guyanese Canadians are Canadian citizens of Guyanese descent or Guyana-born persons who reside in Canada. The following are notable Canadians of Guyanese descent: Notable Guyanese Canadians
Racism in Guyana has roots in the control of labour, so that plantation owners could maintain a stratified society of subservient workers and limit competition for the highest social class. Many segments of society are divided by race, such as religion, politics, even industries.
Within the West Indies context, the word is used only for one type of mixed race people: Afro-Indians. [2] The 2012 Guyana census identified 29.25% of the population as Afro-Guyanese, 39.83% as Indo-Guyanese, and 19.88% as "mixed," recognized as mostly representing the offspring of the former two groups. [3]
Unlike in the United States, racial segregation in Canada applied to all non-whites and was historically enforced through laws, court decisions and social norms with a closed immigration system that barred virtually all non-whites from immigrating until 1962. Section 38 of the 1910 Immigration Act permitted the government to prohibit the entry ...
A recently distributed version of Global Affairs’s training guide for Canadian diplomats explicitly focuses on anti-racism through a critical race theory lens. The theory believes that race is ...
The Léger firm regularly conducts surveys measuring how people perceive themselves in terms of racism. In 2020, 20% of Quebecers considered themselves racist. Although this percentage is higher than the rest of Canada (16%), it is lower than in France (35%) and in the US (50%). [2]
Documentary films about racism in Canada (18 P) E. Environmental racism in Canada (27 P) Ethnic conflicts in Canada (2 C, 1 P) I. Anti-Indigenous racism in Canada (3 ...