The Theme Of Multiculturalism In The Book Of Negroes?

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The Book of Negroes is an invigorating Canadian miniseries that portrays the perilous journey of an African woman, starting with her abduction in modern day Mali, then moving on to her enslavement in North America, and winding-up with her return to Africa in Sierra Leone as a free woman. The show concludes with her going to London to promote the Abolition Movement, where she uses her personal account of the tragic experiences she endured while enslaved. This woman, Aminata Diallo, is the protagonist of the miniseries, directed by Damon D’Oliveira and Clement Virgo, in which they brought Aminata’s story to life. The television show initially premiered on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation network at the beginning of 2015, followed by the …show more content…

“Multiculturalism has helped immigrants in Canada feel as if they can make Canada their home, but it has made Anglo and French societies feel as if visible minorities are different, not equal.” Ironically, the country’s indigenous peoples have been significantly undermined in Canadian society, even as the nation’s earliest inhabitants. Perhaps, Aminata serves as a theatrical voice for minorities as she represents a minority in her own world. Helen Ralston’s analysis of interviews with female Canadian minorities emphasized their desire for a “gender-just and equitable democratic society, where the voices of visible immigrant minority women are heard and heeded and where their experience and productive labour are valued.” Although these interviews primarily reflected views of female Asian immigrants, we can assume a probable parallel with blacks in Canada, who comprised part of Canada’s 19.1% population of minorities, third to South Asian and Chinese people in 2011. The presence of minorities in Canada begs this question: What does the majority think about the minority? Canadians are usually approving of diversity in their population,

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