Racism in Canadian Society

Canada as a multicultural society and the ways created to fight against racism and discrimination

The human beings, regardless to the places where are living, are characterized by some basic biological, psychological and cultural determinations. The human genome is formatted by 46 chromosomes and this is a general determination for all people don’t matter to what ethnic group they belong. From psychological point of view, according to the research done by Jean Piaget and his followers, development of psychological system is based on phases which are same for all the children. Even after a common observation we can see that steps in development for all the children are same, the pediatricians charts show what a child should do if he/she has a normal development when is 2, 3 , 6 months old, one year and so on. These charts of evaluations are used for everybody regardless of ethnic origin. Human being is able to adapt to various environments, developing adaptation appearance. For example to be able to live in very warm areas, suppose to have a skin not very sensitive to sun. It is well known that people with very white skin develop more quickly skin cancer after exposing to the sun. The adaptation to environment does not have any impact on psychological development which is same, as was proved by Jean Piaget. In politics, the racism took expression in colonial contexts affecting Africans, Natives Americans and other populations in the colonial areas. It was a way to obtain free work and to gain wealth. Beside the racism there are also other discriminations, as xenophobia (the hate against foreign) anti-Semitism (the hate against semitic population). According to United Nations documents, any racism or discrimination act is against the law. The globalization made the whole world a “global village” where people from different countries live and work together. Jean Piaget's 1931 essay "The Spirit of Solidarity in Children and International Cooperation" Jean Piaget...