Now it is time to consider how a history of racism has shaped cultural norms and persists even in today’s society. Denying that would be to deny fact, as the colonization of North and South America is based on the Doctrine of Discovery. According to The Indigenous Foundation, the Doctrine of Discovery is the claim that land is vacant if Christians do not occupy the land. Canada alone has had its fair share of structural racism, where racist policies and practices are built into the system that continue to this day. Since yesterday?”Click here to read the previous article in this series: What is culture, and what influences it?