scholarly journals Challenging the Myth of Color Blindness in Restorative Justice Programs

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Monetta Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Immigrant Youth ◽  
Color Blindness ◽  
Immigrant Status ◽  
Youth Criminal Justice Act ◽  
Judicial Sanctions ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
The Impact

Using critical race theory and institutional ethnography as frameworks, this paper investigates the Extra-Judicial Sanctions (EJS) Program, as implemented in Calgary, Alberta, and its lack of ability to achieve transformative restorative justice in the cases of racialized immigrant youth. The failure to recognize the impact of race, ethnicity, and immigrant status in the Youth Criminal Justice Act is considered problematic as this paper challenges the notion of color blindness. It is suggested that a color-conscious approach be used in the EJS Program to incorporate inclusive institutional policies explicitly to foster a sense of belonging among racialized immigrant youth.

scholarly journals I didn’t do that! Contested Definitions of Racialized Immigrant Youth in the Extra-Judicial Sanctions Program: Uncovering Hidden Voices.

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Monetta Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Social Organization ◽  
Institutional Ethnography ◽  
Immigrant Youth ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
Canadian Society ◽  
Race Theory ◽  
Popular Discourse ◽  
The Social ◽  
Judicial Sanctions

The social organization of knowledge focuses on how knowledge is created, enacted and shared by individuals in order to coordinate people’s actions. Using the frameworks of Institutional Ethnography (IE) and Critical Race Theory (CRT), this paper will look at the process of hearing the cases of racialized immigrant youth who are referred to the Extra-judicial Sanctions program in Calgary. I investigate how cultural knowledge impacts the way in which the youth’s cases are adjudicated.  In particular, looking at how knowledge about various racialized and ethnic groups is gained in an environment of popular discourse, and how this influences the cases of racialized immigrant youth. I then look at how this racialized knowledge impacts the process of the youth and their families attempting to contest the definitions that are assigned to them during the hearing process. I suggest that in the context of a neo-liberal, “colour-blind” Canadian society and policy, workers in the EJS process draw on their own cultural understandings in order to interpret the interactions with racialized immigrant youth, which then impacts the ability of the youth to truly have their voices heard.

Decoding Difference

2021 ◽  
pp. 958-975
Author(s):  
Lisa Sechrest-Ehrhardt
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
The United States ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
History Of ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Ethnicity And Gender ◽  
The Impact

Race, ethnicity, and gender issues have always been important matters in American politics. However, during the past two presidential elections these issues were the vanguard topics displayed on centerstage. The United Sates has a tainted history with respects to certain populations which it has discriminated against and marginalized throughout the country's history, and the tensions surrounding these issues erupted like a volcano. The United States became polarized as people began to align with different political and social ideologies depicting how those who are regarded as being different, “others”, should be treated. This chapter provides a brief history of marginalized populations in the United States and uses Critical Race Theory and self-awareness as means to help the reader understand the impact on society when racism and inequality are woven into the fabric of the country.

Immigration and loneliness in later life

2013 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZHENG WU ◽  
MARGARET PENNING
Keyword(s):  
Oldest Old ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Immigrant Status ◽  
Length Of Residence ◽  
Elderly Age ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACTAlthough the loneliness of both older adults and immigrants is frequently asserted, knowledge regarding the implications of immigration for loneliness in later life is limited. In particular, little attention has been directed to the impact of factors that might differentiate individuals within the immigrant population. Using data from the 2007 General Social Survey (GSS-21) conducted by Statistics Canada, this study examined the effects of immigrant status as well as immigrant generation, length of residence in Canada and race/ethnicity on loneliness among adults aged 60 and over (N=10,553). Regression analyses (ordinary least squares) estimating both the general and age-specific effects of immigrant experience on loneliness, indicated that immigrants report higher levels of loneliness than native-born Canadians, that race/ethnicity influenced loneliness particularly among immigrants and that generational status as well as length of residence also had an impact, but one that differed across age groups. Immigration-related variables appeared less consequential for loneliness in the oldest-old (aged 80+) than in younger elderly age groups. These findings attest to the significance of immigrant status for an understanding of loneliness in later life but suggest a need to acknowledge the diversity of immigrant experiences associated with lifecourse and other factors.

Decoding Difference

2018 ◽  
pp. 139-165
Author(s):  
Lisa Sechrest-Ehrhardt
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
The United States ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
History Of ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Ethnicity And Gender ◽  
The Impact

Race, ethnicity, and gender issues have always been important matters in American politics. However, during the past two presidential elections these issues were the vanguard topics displayed on centerstage. The United Sates has a tainted history with respects to certain populations which it has discriminated against and marginalized throughout the country's history, and the tensions surrounding these issues erupted like a volcano. The United States became polarized as people began to align with different political and social ideologies depicting how those who are regarded as being different, “others”, should be treated. This chapter provides a brief history of marginalized populations in the United States and uses Critical Race Theory and self-awareness as means to help the reader understand the impact on society when racism and inequality are woven into the fabric of the country.

Novel Relations

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicia Mireles Christoff
Keyword(s):  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Object Relations ◽  
George Eliot ◽  
Literary Form ◽  
Gender And Sexuality ◽  
Victorian Novels ◽  
Victorian Fiction ◽  
Gender And Sexuality Studies ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Impact

This book engages twentieth-century post-Freudian British psychoanalysis in an unprecedented way: as literary theory. Placing the writing of figures like D. W. Winnicott, W. R. Bion, Michael and Enid Balint, Joan Riviere, Paula Heimann, and Betty Joseph in conversation with canonical Victorian fiction, the book reveals just how much object relations can teach us about how and why we read. These thinkers illustrate the ever-shifting impact our relations with others have on the psyche, and help us see how literary figures—characters, narrators, authors, and other readers—shape and structure us too. In the book, novels are charged relational fields. Closely reading novels by George Eliot and Thomas Hardy, the book shows that traditional understandings of Victorian fiction change when we fully recognize the object relations of reading. It is not by chance that British psychoanalysis illuminates underappreciated aspects of Victorian fiction so vibrantly: Victorian novels shaped modern psychoanalytic theories of psyche and relationality—including the eclipsing of empire and race in the construction of subject. Relational reading opens up both Victorian fiction and psychoanalysis to wider political and postcolonial dimensions, while prompting a closer engagement with work in such areas as critical race theory and gender and sexuality studies. The book describes the impact of literary form on readers and on twentieth- and twenty-first-century theories of the subject.

It’s Deeper Than That!: Restorative Justice and the Challenge of Racial Reflexivity in White-led Schools

2021 ◽  
pp. 004208592199841
Author(s):  
Arthur Romano ◽  
Rochelle Arms Almengor
Keyword(s):  
Black Women ◽  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Students Of Color ◽  
White Privilege ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
White Led ◽  
Race Theory ◽  
Systemic Racism

This paper uses critical race theory to analyze several case studies focused on the experiences of two restorative justice coordinators (RJCs), both Black women and how they understood and responded to perceived racial injustices in urban schools with white leadership. These schools were attempting to address unequal disciplinary practices toward students of color through restorative justice and the RJCs adapted their approaches to addressing racialized dynamics while also developing school-wide networks to foster broader critical reflection on race. They navigated the risks of challenging white privilege and systemic racism both of which at times limited their attempts at influencing change.

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