15 research outputs found
âThey didnât treat me as a Gypsyâ: Romani Refugees in Toronto
With organized hate crime and institutionalized discrimination, thousands of European Roma have fled to Canada, where they claim refugee status. Their arrival coincided with far-ranging reforms to the refugee determination system in 2012â13 in addition to some actions aimed specifically at the Roma. Against this backdrop, former and current Romani refugee claimants substantiate the experience of migration and settlement, beginning with the first moments after arrival, to the tasks of finding housing and work. Agency and resilience are evinced, despite the governmentâs multiple instruments used against asylum-seekers. Romani refugeesâ lives show how, for transnational groups, belongingness is always contested and the meaning of home is always nuanced.En raison des crimes organisĂ©s motivĂ©s par la haine et de la discrimination institutionnelle, des milliers de Roms europĂ©ens ont cherchĂ© asile au Canada oĂč ils ont effectuĂ© des demandes du statut de rĂ©fugiĂ©. Leur arrivĂ©e a coĂŻncidĂ© avec des rĂ©formes de grande ampleur en 2012-13 portant sur le systĂšme de dĂ©termination du statut de rĂ©fugiĂ©, ainsi que des mesures visant les Roms particuliĂšrement. Câest dans ce contexte que les anciens ainsi que les actuels demandeurs du statut de rĂ©fugiĂ© dâorigine rom rĂ©alisent lâexpĂ©rience de migration et dâinstallation, en allant des premiers moments aprĂšs leur arrivĂ©e jusquâaux dĂ©marches quâils entreprennent pour trouver des logements et du travail. Un esprit dâactualisation et de persĂ©vĂ©rance se manifeste, malgrĂ© les multiples mesures imposĂ©es par le gouvernement Ă lâencontre des chercheurs dâasile. LâexpĂ©rience des rĂ©fugiĂ©s dâorigine rom dĂ©montre que, pour les groupes transnationaux, lâappartenance est toujours soumise Ă la contestation, et que lâidĂ©e de domicile est toujours conditionnelle
MIDDLEâCLASSNESS AND WHITENESS IN PARENTSâ RESPONSES TO MULTICULTURALISM: A STUDY OF ONE SCHOOL
Since its founding in 1941 until the 1980s, âPinecrestâ School was dominated by childâ ren from âBaywoods,â an economically privileged and largely Jewish neighbourhood. In the late 1980s, the population of the school changed to include children of immigrants in an adjacent neighbourhood, âKerrydale.â Seeking to protect their childrenâs cultural capital and class advantages, the Baywoods parentsâ response involved the construction of fundamental difference and concerns about effects on school quality. The responses were interrupted by dilemma and ambivalence. They are read through the intersections of middleâclass formation and whiteness in terms of three dimensions: practice, relationality, and maintenance. Key words: Jews, immigrants, public school, parents, exclusion, social class, ethnicity Depuis sa crĂ©ation en 1941 jusque dans les annĂ©es 1990, lâĂ©cole « Pinecrest » accueillait principalement des enfants de « Baywoods », un quartier habitĂ© par des familles Ă lâaise et surtout par des Juifs. Ă la fin des annĂ©es 1980, la population de lâĂ©cole a changĂ© Ă la suite de lâintĂ©gration dâenfants dâimmigrants provenant de « Kerrydale », un quartier voisin. Cherchant Ă protĂ©ger le capital culturel de leurs enfants et les avantages de leur classe sociale, les parents de Baywoods ont rĂ©agi en invoquant la notion de diffĂ©rence fondamentale et en se prĂ©occupant des effets possibles sur la qualitĂ© de lâĂ©cole. Dilemmes et ambivalence ont toutefois interrompu le processus. Les rĂ©actions des parents sont interprĂ©tĂ©es dans le contexte du lien entre la formation de la classe moyenne et la blancheur et ce, Ă trois niveaux : la pratique, les relations et le maintien de la reproduction du groupe. Mots clĂ©s: Juifs, immigrants, Ă©cole publique, parents, exclusion, classe sociale, ethnicitĂ©
Outside the Frame: A Critique of Chad Evans Wyattâs RomaRising
Photographer Chad Wyattâs RomaRising is an extensive series of black and white portraits of middle-class European Roma who have a wide range of professional occupations. By constituting the Romani subject as middle class, the exhibit defies stereotypes about this maligned group. Two key questions may be raised about its implications: Does RomaRising infer that acceptance of Roma in European society is conditional upon gaining admission to the middle class? And does the way in which the images are framed exclude their social context? Specifically, does it neglect the powerful barriers to Romaâs class mobility caused by widespread anti-Roma racism in European society? When these questions are positioned in the foreground and analyzed, emphasis shifts from the content of the images to the social and political consequences of representing Roma through the photographic image