Browsing Theses by Subject "racism"
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1b, black legs, 52"
(University of Waterloo, 2021-04-30)1b, black legs, 52” is an effort to reconcile with history. Through the recontextualization of black pornographic images, this exhibition serves as a re-imagining of what black women’s futures could be. By creating images ... -
Contextual Complexities and Nelson Mandela's Braided Rhetoric
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-21)This dissertation revolves around the complex political circumstances in apartheid South Africa that produced Nelson Mandela the rhetorician, human rights activist, and the longest political prisoner in human history. The ... -
Debasing Dissent: The Role of The News Media in the Devaluation of Black Canadian Activism
(University of Waterloo, 2020-10-28)My dissertation examines the way that the Canadian news media delegitimizes anti-racist activism to contribute to the harmful national narratives of racial equality disseminated by the white Anglophone majority. I examine ... -
“When you add Black and Female, it’s almost like a double whammy”: The Gendered and Racialized Experiences of Professional Integration among Internationally Educated Health Professionals in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2022-04-20)Background: Scholars have noted that migration of health professionals is a global phenomenon. According to the World Health Organization, the immigration of internationally educated health professionals (IEHPs) to ...