Visible minority (crimes, stats, racist)

[Neutre]

Hi!

In March, 2007, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination described the term as racist, as it singles out a specific group.[1]

Do you think that the term "visible minority" is inappropriate?


Neutre

[Acajack]

Not to defend the term or criticize it but in Canada the "vizmin" numbers are often used to establish objectives for minority hiring. For example, a city with X % of visible minorities might set a target for having X% visible minorities in its workforce.

[Sonrise]

Well it is a complete contradiction to the term "colorblind society". It's an awful term and honestly it's pretty embarrassing.

[Acajack]

Interesting timing:

Young males the most likely perpetrators of hate crimes: study (http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=575240 - broken link)

Race the top motivator for hate crimes in Canada: report