Quiz 3

what is the purpose of the Canadian Mosaic

• a metaphor that describes the Canadian society as a collection of distinct ethic, linguistic and cultural groups that coexist

• do not blend into a single, uniform culture

• the individual immigrant groups maintain their distinctiveness as they continue to practice their cultures in a host society

what is the history between the French and the British

• Canada started out as a colonial possession divided by the British and the French

• after wars, the British gained control of present-day Canada which included the French population

• the people of Arcadia, a French territory, refused to submit to the British and moved to Louisiana

• after the French and Indian wars, the British controlled the remainder of new France

• the British then developed the Quebec Act to give the French more autonomy and consider their language official

what is the controversy with multiculturalism

• Canada did not always favor multiculturalism even though it remains the Canadian philosophy for the government and most citizens

• in 2018, more than ¼ of Canadians thought immigrants were a burden

• in 2017, nearly 20 percent of Canadians wished to completely stop immigration

• there were many acts of anti-immigrants prejudice like a mass shooting in a Mosque in Quebec City

what is economic transnationalism

• the maintenance and promotion of business connection across international borders

• these entrepreneurs are self- employed immigrants who businesses require frequent travel

  • globalization and technology permit business owners to live in one country and own a business in another

• another form of this is immigrants sending money back to their home country

what is the French Laicite

• laicite is the secularism or intentional absence of region and religious symbols in all aspects of life

• no one can wear crosses, hijabs, or yarmulkes in public

• freedom to practice what they want in private

what was the controversy surrounding Benjamin Franklin’s quote on immigration

• Franklin called early Germans boors or backward peasants and said that they will never adopt the colonies’ language and customs and that they will „swarm like a colony of aliens”

• he thinks immigrants are a threat to the American way of life and made racial distinctions between immigrants and native colonizers

what is the Latino Threat Narrative and how did it start

• the narrative is that latino immigrants present a cultureal threat to the US and are unwilling to assimilate

• this started as a rise of Mexican immigrants moved in the 1970s and 80s and the media, news and politicians all painted them in a negative light

which countries do not have official languages

• the United States

• the United Kingdom

• Mexico

• Eritrea

• Australia

what is the definition of xenophobia

• the fear or dislike for people from other countries, cultures or backgrounds

what is the story of Vincent Chin and pan ethnicity

• pan: when two or more distinct groups come together to form a new combined identity

• Vincent Chin was a victim of anti-asian hate and was beat with a baseball bat

• many asian american’s were united after his murder which allowed these seperate groups to converge