For many decades, Aboriginal people have been persecuted by Canadian culture and Western society, where they have lived for many years on reserves without any benefits, facing racism on a daily basis resulting oppression of this minority group. “Race has become an important marker in the proverbial characterization of violent crime, to the point where police assume that an Aboriginal male running down the street is likely to be the culprit in a recent robbery.” (Comack, 2004. p. 41) Although Canada is known for its human rights and equality, this exemplifies the lack of equality that actually exists in Canada, the unfair treatment that Aboriginal people have consistently faced since they were attempts were made to strip away their rights. traditions and culture to turn them into Christians and being “white” to the point where they are criminalized based on their race alone. Likewise, as Aboriginal people are ranked at the bottom of the racial hierarchy, so are African-Canadians. Black racism in Canada has resulted in a great deal of hate crimes and injustices among them. “Canadians end up equating crime with race, and especially with black Canadians. Images of the “predatory other” are reinforced by media representations of the crime, whereby the “black suspect” is commonly referred to but rarely the “white suspect”.” (Perry, 2011. p. 76) This describes how black individuals are feared more than whites as their predators. One of the main causes of this is how the media portrays racism and what race they often link murders, sexual assaults, shootings, and every other heinous crime to Black individuals. In most cases, crimes committed by white individuals are rarely or never heard of, even if they are
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