Abstracts
Abstract
Due to the persistent and tenacious practices of anti-Black racism, embedded in White supremacist policing practices, Black and Indigenous people are overwhelmingly overrepresented in the Canadian criminal justice system. Unsurprisingly, a disproportionate number of Black people are killed at the hands of police in Toronto. The Canadian criminal justice system is complicit in perpetuating anti-Black racism through practices of surveillance, carding, and racial profiling. This paper contributes to the analysis of anti-Black racism in the Canadian criminal justice system, emphasizing the circumstances of Black people in Toronto. The goal is to wed the study of Black criminalization with the analysis of anti-Black racism and social stratification in Canada to show how existing patterns of racism and socioeconomic marginalization are reinforced by a White supremacist criminal justice system. The paper offers recommendations to address the issue of anti-Black racism, including the hiring of more Black people in the police force. Conceptually, the paper contributes to our understanding of how anti-Black racism ricochets to hurt us all in society.
Keywords:
- Anti-Black racism,
- Criminal Justice System,
- Black people,
- Racial Disparities,
- Toronto-Canada,
- White supremacy
Résumé
En raison des pratiques persistantes et tenaces du racisme contre les Noirs, ancrées dans les pratiques policières influencées par la suprématie blanche, les Noirs et les Autochtones sont surreprésentés dans le système de justice pénale canadien. Il n’est donc pas surprenant qu’un nombre disproportionné de Noirs soient tués par la police à Toronto. Le système de justice pénale canadien est complice de la perpétuation du racisme contre les Noirs par des pratiques de surveillance, de fichage et de profilage racial. Cet article contribue à l’analyse du racisme contre les Noirs dans le système de justice pénale canadien, en mettant l’accent sur la situation des personnes noires à Toronto. L’objectif est de lier l’étude de la criminalisation des Noirs à l’analyse du racisme contre les Noirs et l’analyse de la stratification sociale au Canada, afin de montrer comment les modèles existants de racisme et de marginalisation socioéconomique sont renforcés par un système de justice pénale fondé sur la suprématie blanche. L’article propose des recommandations pour combattre le racisme contre les Noirs, notamment l’embauche d’un plus grand nombre de personnes noires dans les forces de police. Sur le plan conceptuel, l’article contribue à notre compréhension de la façon dont le racisme contre les Noirs affecte négativement toute la société.
Mots-clés :
- racisme contre les Noirs,
- système de justice pénale,
- personnes noires,
- disparités raciales,
- Toronto-Canada,
- suprématie blanche
Appendices
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