多元文化社会的民族关系与新种族主义:中国大陆移民在加拿大面临的社会障碍

National Relations and New Racism in Multicultural Society——Social barriers faced by mainland Chinese immigrants in Canada

认为从中国大陆移居到加拿大的新移民大都是受过高等教育并具有丰富工作经验的专业人士,力求在加拿大谋求新的发展机会,但许多人却在加拿大社会遭受各种挫折和困境,因为不能实现其满意的社会和经济地位而倍感烦恼和失望;在此基础上,回顾了中国大陆居民来加拿大的移民趋势,探析新移民在融入加拿大社会时所面临的各种障碍,探讨中国大陆移民在加拿大面临的社会障碍以及新种族主义的产生,分析民族关系在新的社会历史条件下的一些变化性特征;讨论在专业移民职业获得问题上的理论争论,并分析隐形种族主义的问题。

As one of the dimensions of social relationships,ethnic relationship is an important research area of ＂relational sociology.＂ The paper explores social barriers faced by mainland Chinese immigrants in Canada and the emergence of new racism,and analyzes changing features of ethnic relationship under new social and historical contexts.Most recent mainland Chinese immigrants are well trained and experienced professionals seeking new opportunities.However,many of them are disappointed and frustrated because they have not been able to achieve a satisfactory social and economic status in Canadian society.This paper reviews the trends of recent mainland Chinese immigration to Canada and examines obstacles that mainland Chinese immigrants face in integrating into Canadian society.Theoretical debates on the issue of occupational attainment for professional immigrants and covered racism will be addressed.