‘Some nice Latin American music will be played by a tape player’: anti-racist critique and the multicultural state

Masoumi, Azar

doi:10.1080/13504630.2020.1787823

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“…Multicultural state policies undermine critical consciousness by creating and normalizing conditions that disempower social critique (Almeida, 2019; Masoumi, 2020). In this measure, anti‐racist state initiatives and employment equity measures enacted through multiculturalist programs legitimize harm by disempowering language that can help identify and bring to account the deeply embedded practices that mask and reinforce the isolation of historically excluded groups.…”

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“…Aware of the power and status differentials, the youth hesitate while the police dance ‘like no tomorrow' (James & Chapman‐Nyaho, 2015, p. 221). Marketed through community cultural events like the Caribana, multicultural state interventions like the YIPI not only promote the racialization and racial exploitation of marginalized groups, but also commodify and depoliticize culture (James & Chapman‐Nyaho, 2015; Mackey, 1999; Masoumi, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In this regard, critiques have pointed out how the governance of multicultural state policy—in its designated task of managing and containing difference—reinforces the exclusion of minority groups (Galabuzi, 2011; Walcott, 2011). For example, arguments have shown how state multiculturalism policy depoliticizes culture and sustains hegemonic dominance (Coulthard, 2011; Mackey, 1999; Masoumi, 2020); whilst reproducing material inequality (Almeida, 2019; Bannerji, 2000; Galabuzi, 2011) all through its preference for ‘cultural recognition’, rather than addressing ‘blind spots' regarding racism (Walcott, 2011).…”

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‘Good Intentions’ that ‘Do Harm’: Canada's state multiculturalism policy in the case of Black Canadians

Kihika

2022

Canadian Review of Sociology

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This essay identifies Canada's recognition of the United Nations Declaration for People of African Descent (UNDPAD) as a multiculturalist iteration. In this scope, the essay discusses the Community Support, Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Initiatives (CSMARI) program as a central element of state multiculturalism, through which Canada plans to meet commitments to Black Canadians-and by extension, the UND-PAD. Although the CSMARI program is well intended, it causes harm to Black Canadians by reinscribing stereotyped material lack and other forms of racialized scarcity. Rather than address longstanding socialeconomic histories that sustain racialized poverty, state multiculturalism policy inadvertently reinforces these. The CSMARI program's focus on material lack as opposed to the systemic aspects that underpin these, amplifies Canada's multicultural myth of inclusivity while leaving unquestioned the cultural barriers that block Black citizens. State multiculturalism policy maintains the status quo by commodifying and depoliticizing anti-racism, while also neutralizing the language of naming experiences of exclusion. This essay adapts an anti-Black racism feminist theory to recast state

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‘Good Intentions’ that ‘Do Harm’: Canada's state multiculturalism policy in the case of Black Canadians

Kihika

2022

Canadian Review of Sociology

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“…Official discourses of multiculturalism are criticized for positioning the state and Whiteness as benevolent saviors (Bakali, 2015, p. 417). Other vehement critics of multiculturalism emphasize its tendency to conceal racist, discriminatory, and exclusionary attitudes/prejudices and sideline acts of racism, thereby limiting opportunities for anti-racist action within the myth of a tolerant nation (Abu-Laban & Gabriel, 2002;Masoumi, 2020;Thobani, 2018).…”

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The Macro Context of Immigration

Nardon

Hari

2022

Making Sense of Immigrant Work Integration

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This chapter explores the role of the broader social context in QIs’ work integration and sensemaking of their career options and actions. Sensemaking is ongoing and occurs within a dynamic social environment. The institutional level of sensemaking exposes the relationship between the broader society and individual actions. We discuss narratives of multiculturalism and professional attainment as prevailing master narratives that inform QIs’ and local citizens’ sensemaking of immigration and the influence on immigrants’ work integration. We conclude with a reflection on the relationship between immigration and settler colonialism.

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“…Canadian discourses of multiculturalism and pluralism work to de-centre legitimate critique and instead create the illusion of a post-racial, post-colonial state (Masoumi, 2020). Drawing on the critiques leveraged by various critical race scholars, Azar Masoumi's (2020) work critiques the representation of Canadian multiculturalism as a sort of celebration, a reinvention of Canada's narrative as a tolerant, diverse state when in fact it allows for the reproduction of white supremacy, given that only some racial groups are members of the 'real' culture, while others are relegated to "peripheral multicultures" (Bannerji, 2000in Masoumi, 2020. However, as important as this assertion is to the establishment of legitimate criticism toward liberal multiculturalism, it is crucial to recall that racialized immigrants are still settling on stolen land.…”

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Toward Indigenous Ultimate Permanence: Examining Settler Colonialism and Genocidal Elimination in Canada and Israel

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This thesis critically compares technologies of settler colonialism and genocidal elimination in Canada and Israel. Keeping with the argument that recognizes settler colonialism as an entity that destroys to replace, genocide is taken up as a theoretical framing device that addresses comparable methods of both the material and discursive elimination of Indigenous peoples in Canada and Palestinians within and outside of Israel. At the same time as the two settler states continue to commit genocide against the original inhabitants of the lands they have stolen, Canada and Israel utilize similar selfpromotion strategies that present themselves as humanitarian and democratic, a specific tool used to wash away the sins of settler colonialism and genocide. While no two settler regimes are exactly the same, this thesis identifies key structural similarities between the two states and makes the case for an international solidarity movement rooted in principles of anti-colonialism and Indigenous ultimate permanence. I am incredibly grateful for the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at CarletonUniversity, without which this thesis would never have been conceived, written, tirelessly edited, defended, and accepted. The material and intellectual supports I have received as a graduate student have been of the utmost help throughout these unconventional two years, and I am proud to continue on the academic journey that I first began in 2014 as an undergraduate student, the spirit of which continues to inspire me eight years later.I am indebted to my supervisor, Dr. Nahla Abdo, for her immense scholarly contributions, the wealth of knowledge and guidance she provided me with as I completed this thesis, and her knack for pushing me to challenge myself and recognize my intellectual capabilities. On more than one occasion I have succumbed to the overwhelming tendencies of imposter syndrome and procrastination that are so typical of graduate students, and on each occasion Nahla firmly, yet kindly, reminded me to simply keep going, advice that will remain with me long after this thesis has been tucked away in the Carleton archives. Nahla, your support and advocacy has meant the world to me throughout this entire process.I must emphasize the tremendous support I received from Dr. Amina Mire throughout this past year, both in the classroom and as part of my committee. Amina, I will forever value the many conversations we have had which have left me feeling inspired, challenged, and wholeheartedly supported. You have truly helped to instill a great deal of confidence in me, which, despite my better efforts, was often lacking. Every student would be better off having you in their corner, whether inside or outside of the classroom. I will always be grateful for having gotten to know you.To my friends who have been along for the entire ride, thank you for boosting me, for listening to me, for encouraging me. Dani and Janelle, I'd be lost without the two of you.Thank you for being the Best Bens I could ever ask for. To the Crew, tha...

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‘Some nice Latin American music will be played by a tape player’: anti-racist critique and the multicultural state

Cited by 4 publications

References 17 publications

‘Good Intentions’ that ‘Do Harm’: Canada's state multiculturalism policy in the case of Black Canadians

‘Good Intentions’ that ‘Do Harm’: Canada's state multiculturalism policy in the case of Black Canadians

The Macro Context of Immigration

Toward Indigenous Ultimate Permanence: Examining Settler Colonialism and Genocidal Elimination in Canada and Israel

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