面对文化歧视的加拿大华人

加拿大华人社会从19世纪中叶至今,经历了巨大的社会文化变迁,老移民团体在制度性种族歧视下受到了各种限制与压迫。新移民团体在不平等法案法规废除以后,通过社会流动取得了一些改善与进步。“唐人街”(中国城)的产生、发展及加拿大华人群体面对文化霸权所进行的各种适应性改变,体现了他们在面对白人社会主流文化涵化与融合的过程。加拿大华人自身对于苦难的承受力也促使他们形成新的文化身份,争取到更加有利的发展空间。

Canadian-Chinese Facing Cultural Discrimination

Since the 19thcentury, great social and cultural changes have taken place in the Canadian-Chinese society. The old group of Chinese immigrants has suffered various oppressions and restraints under the institutional racial discrimination while the new group of Chinese immigrants has made some progress. The emergence anddevelopment of ChinaTown and the various kinds of adaptation by the Canadian-Chinese facing cultural hegemony reveal the process of the White-dominating cultural fusion and acculturation. The Canadian-Chinese's endurance of hardship has helped them have a new cultural identity and a better space for development. Like other countries of the world, the mainstream society of Canada has not completely abandoned its cultural discrimination against the foreign groups.