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Discrimination Against Aboriginals

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Introduction
Discrimination based on race, gender and Aboriginal status continues to be a recurring theme in the lives of Aboriginals that live in Canada. Colonialism has had a negative impact on the lives and lifestyles of Aboriginals throughout Canada. They were forced into reserves that were located in unsuitable land for the European settlers to use. The European settlers would refer to the aboriginals as ‘barbaric’ and ‘uncivilized’ while they categorized themselves as ‘educated’ and ‘cultural’ (Farihah Ali, 2015). This mentality is what emerged the negative stereotypes directed towards Aboriginal people and has also had a negative impact in their way of life. These stereotypes have opened doors for discrimination against Aboriginal people …show more content…

Discrimination against First Nations has played a big role in the way they receive medical care, social services and their chance of being employed, specifically towards women.

Background
Colonialism is a practice of domination, which involves the subjugation of one people to another. The Europeans dominated Canadian soil and claimed it while pushing Aboriginals into reserves that were unsuitable for the Europeans to use. Bands have been an important part of the lives of First Nations, as it linked Aboriginals together (Farihah Ali, 2015). In a way, a person’s Band was like there family. European settlers realized that Aboriginal populations were growing so they broke up bands and relocated many members of the Band. Sometimes, they would relocate the whole community just because they wished to gain resources from the land they were inhabiting (Naomi Adelson, 2005). These forced relocations were very inconvenient for the Aboriginal people who already have settled down and created themselves a routine. They were pushed into reserves that they weren't familiar with and struggled …show more content…

The life expectancy of aboriginal males is about 9 years lower than non Aboriginal Canadian men, and about 5 years lower for Aboriginal females (UOttawa, 2009). Needed access to health care is difficult to attain as an First Nation citizen due to racism, poverty, and social exclusion from facilities. Aboriginal patients mostly have only negative comments to make towards the health care system, and sometimes its difficult to answer to them whether it is because of their race that they receive such bad treatment or is it because of their history. Physicians, however, believe that they treat different patients the same way regardless of their race or ethnicity (Sannie Y. Tang,

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