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Psychology student here. In the interest of accurate information, I would like to point out some flaws I find with some of the studies in this documentary and question the conclusions reached. I understand that CBC Marketplace are not personality psychologists and therefore cannot be expected to produce the same quality of work as a scientist. However, I think it is worthwhile to think critically about the information in the media that we consume. I am also open to anyone who wants to engage in debating the contents of this documentary.\n\n\nThe following are some notes I took while watching the documentary outlining the individual hypotheses of the studies I think are flawed and descriptions of their respective accompanying errors. \n\n\nThere are three possible research questions, and thereby dependent variables, being answered by the apartment hunting studies.\n1. If there is no discrimination between the white man and the first-nations man, then they should get equal treatment, including quotes and availability, when apartment hunting. \na. Could the gender of the landlord be a confounding variable (perhaps men are more discriminatory than women)? \n \n2. If there is no discrimination between the white man and the first-nations man between Toronto, Montreal, Regina, and Victoria, then they should get equal treatment, including quotes and availability, when apartment hunting. \na. Could total apartments visited be a confounding variable? (4 in Toronto, 3 in Montreal, Regina, and Victoria) \nb. Could the gender of the landlord be a confounding variable (perhaps men are more discriminatory than women)? \nc. They only showed the black man apartment hunting in some of the trials. I am considering him out of the study for consistency purposes. The first-nations man is the only one who got unfair treatment in the footage of apartment hunting. \n \n3. Possible hypothesis: If male landlords/agents are more discriminatory than female landlords/agents, then the white man and the first-nations man will get different treatment at different Canadian apartments in equally diverse cities. \na. Don’t know all the information about the genders of the landlords/agents, not all the footage is shown, but the ones where they get ripped off are male. The others shown are female. The remaining interactions are not shown.\n\n\nThere are also some factors that may have influenced the racial bias survey and, in my estimation, rendered it scientifically unreliable.\n\n\n1. The bias survey and accompanying tests at the CBC attributed the differences between the studies to unconscious racism. What if it was just due to familiarity with certain racial groups over others? \na. The black participants had no bias between European-American and African Americans, supposedly indicating no racism, while the white and first-nations participants did, supposedly indicating racism. Is it possible that another interpretation of this result is that bias is a function of familiarity: that we are comfortable with the majority demographic in the geographical location we live in, as well as our own kind. Therefore, the black guys are less biased against black people due to being both black and living in a white majority demographic? \nb. The participants took the survey knowing the objectives of the researchers was to study racial discrimination. They might have influenced the answers they gave \nc. Whether the participants agreed with identity politics or not was a confounding factor that was not controlled . You can only be racially unbiased biased if you think that racial identity is a means of accurately viewing the world. People who do not believe in the existence of identity politics may answer the questions quite differently, which could be a different reason for the results.\nd. I took the study myself. The words that participants were required to match were a mix of adjectives and nouns. It is known within psychology that nouns have higher levels of imagery. This was not properly controlled and therefore is another confounding variable. \n \nAll the other studies looked fine to me. I welcome any discussion on my observations.

know one guy that has 15 kids in China,, women wanted to have sex with him so they will have a baby and use that baby when he or she turns 21 to come to the USA,, otherwise they never will... He does pay them money about 15 to 20 dollars a month which is a lot for them, and helps them in other ways as well, He goes to china and stays 2 or 3 months stays with one of the different women a week at a time, The want to have more then one child with him so it increases their chances

You should do one about hot women and plain janes

The fact the Niqab is not a requirement of Islam says it all. Why wear it? It stems from the culture, not the religion, women did it to prevent getting kidnapped and sold in the 1700s and 1800s. Why carry on the practice in the 21st century?

It's for the men only, It justifies what women you can openly disrespect.

Men in skirts telling women they can't wear short skirts. Mind you, I'd much rather see women in short skirts than those hairy bastards in dresses.

Man suppressed Muslim women, not God. Their religion is fake according to my Muslim friends who don’t wear this garb.

Im surprised Canada allowed this to get this far. Anyone covering themselves up is very suspicious. Muslims need to stop pushing their fake religion into mainstream. U don’t see Christians wearing robes to work. The Muslim fake religion is based on nothing real, my Muslim friend said. Jesus was a real person. There is no real basis to their religion. If I see someone covered up, I do not shop at that store for fear of a shootout. Any lunatic can be under scarves in banks, Churches or schools. In this chaotic world which Muslims have contributed a lot to, we do not need to be covering ourselves up, especially suppressed women from archaic views made by man, not God.

I my lndian to wear burka in every one Muslim women

Niqap is anti women and may be you should study history ?

Same thing happening in Seattle, we as Christian Americans we'll have a religious War soon if you keep letting them come in who really hates us and women who are not covered ! ! Who wants to pray five times a day which shows extreme ??Google Muslim Christian history, they can always go back !!!!!

I hate to say this but...looking at some mid-eastern women, it just might be better that they keep themselves covered.

BURKHA women are the biggest theif in supermarket, walmart and lot of shops they hide under burkha and loot country

Idea of this clothing comes from DESERT enviroment after that Muslams guys use it as they could not trust another men and ask women to cover themselves (to prevert being stolen/kidnaped)- and now they justifield it as a religion sign beacuse it is difficult to say the truth. - am I wrong ?

But, but, but.... The poor Muslims just want all your women, money, and homes.... So get out!!!

Women should dress modest,people shouldn't get drugged up or drunk,live HOLY and emulate SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST as best you can,even the christians aren't living to please GOD, HE hates HIPPOCRISSY

Dn Britain getting taken over gonna mate their and women and take the country that way.

What thr helllll?!!!! British poloticians have invented or supported so many branches of islam in many countries......for any reason anyway....they have even no mercy on their own people?!!!?!what about u british men and women?cant u see?!!

wear what you want but do not try and force us to allow this form of clothing in banks, schools, or other public buildings. Also educate yourselves about your prophet, who gave verses from Shatan, and says it is ok to beat women, and marry children.

Anti women = Hinduism which burnt women (suttee) if she's widowed or threw them in milk or if she's born a 50 years ago.\nOn the other hand islam is only Religion which gives women right to vote, elect , become politics, rode camels and horses 1400 years ago (when no body rode), have equal status in house etc and last message of islam was 'best of you is the one who is best to women'.\nAnd I'm sure most muslim women don't wear headscarves in canada

That empower word was literally made for women lol. How do you feel empowered to do nothin.... Load of crap

This women at the end of the video is a lier, jihad isn't the sixth pillar of islam, there's only 5 and jihad isn't one of them even children know that, and even when the women herself said she want to wear niqab because it's her choice and it makes her feel closer to her faith the other women said it's not her choice and hellfire nonsense, did she ask you to be her representative or did you read her mind?! such hypocrisy, you can easily search on youtube on women convert and how they feel wearing hijab or niqab, and she fears for her life without mentioning any threats from the other side whatsoever, lies hypocrisy and paranoia, this video is biased Islamophobic

Is the women drunk or..... thats so disrespectfull

As a minority I’ve noticed that White women have it way better than white men... so why do we treat white women as minority’s under the law as if they deal with the same things as blacks or Hispanics Indians etc in America

In islam, women are given a higher status hahahhahahhahah wow idiotism

Lovely Canada is truly regressing to ancient times! \n\nHow many masked women will it take for the “progressives” in Canada to finally see that they are dragging their beautiful modern culture back to a meaner time in history! \n\nNon-assimilating people from the most intolerant Muslim countries, where genuine toxic masculinity reigns and rules women like they are property...how is that a future for Canada! \n\nCanadian women aren’t pouring into Pakistan in huge numbers demanding they be allowed to wear bikinis at every swimming pool ! \n\nMuslims dare to play the victim and they feel entitled to tell Canadian Civilization how it should be! \nWho are they to lecture Canada on Human Rights!!!!!

??islam respect women

When women say i chose to wear it im sure its because of peer pressure or family or religion even, imagine a world with no religions at all, if you ask women to wear such thing i don't think any of them would agree

Take a look in Toronto housing listings. \nApparently it's illegal to discriminate yet post after post asks for women only or specifies either muslim or east Indian.\nYet only whites get punished for it.

Ha ha try that shit in Ireland the Irish women would fuck them up

It is a violent religion that treats women terribly

It be better if the face was not covered. Its creates undo fear. It creates security issues. It creates issues with ID. We live in a time of hyper sensitivity to any reference to men and women being different. Islam doesn't bend to social trends, and this upsets people. I just wish feminist and politians would let women choose for themselves. I wish people who passionately oppose Islam would equally try to understand Islam.

I am kind of feared when i see these women that the whole body covered by black cloth.

Nikab is to safe women... not anti women..

The archangel Gabriel tried to deny me with his Muhammad and I am the women born with a veil written in the Old Testament Revelation Chapters and the archangel Gabriel asked the devil for aide into stealing 7 stars from my head about his Muhammad. I still have 5 stars and Christ said even the ones who Pierce him will know his Vengeance, I took pause and see his production of them who tookside counsel from fallen angels of masses of Islam

Can you see any of those women working at any factory with machinery. So they automatically choose not to work in any factory. Same with the men with beards that can't work as firemen because the masks won't fit right.

Don't tell us what not to wear because we want freedom :- women, who wear hijab because it says so in Koran lol

I'd give the woman money too. She is beautiful. Put a unattractive women out there and watch the bucket stay empty.

Can you film white women walking thru Muslim neighborhoods please?

Men, women, anyone that threatens me will get slapped. Equal rights, right there

Did you know muslim women are not Allowed to cover their face in the most holiest place on earth for them, which is in Mecca Arabia.

Nobody chooses subjugation, but they can be unwittingly manipulated into it. Take for example if you will the staggering number of women who get into, and stay in long term abusive relationships, there is a level of dependence that comes with it, and it seems like the women of Islam/Muslim faith are just as enthralled in it. Just like these women here, so many women who are regularly abused by the men they think they love, but will defend what they have as if to say they can't do any better, and their need for it is too great for them to see anything beyond what they're made to think, say, or do. I truly believe that people throughout the world that are fortunate enough to live in a free country better pay attention to who they let in, because if they keep allowing themselves to be taken over, one day soon they may find themselves outnumbered by a people who don't share in their values, and will take the freedoms they once took for granted.

this is it an excuse but i don’t think people have any hatred to the hijab, its just that you don’t see any women wearing the milan unless ur in middle eastern countries

Harper make a mistake for trying to stand up for the freedom of Muslim women. The govt should ban it .

I'm sorry, but farzana is not a Muslim women, she is ahmadi, but not Muslim, Ahmadis are well renounced to be the enemy of Muslims, by helping isreal and seculars to crush the Islamic rules and regulations and even they are against all things that are against West, because west is feeding this ahmadi sect of non Muslims to demolishe all strength that is against isreal and jews,

These women don't realize wearing the costume outside has brought attention to their getting deported because most of them are not legal they're not citizens so they're bringing attention for Isis the knock on the door

I don’t know what’s problem with non muslims these days do they tell there women to dress according to their satisfaction in islam wearing or not wearing hijab doesn’t make you a good muslim nor a bad muslim at the day of judgement your good deeds will be counted not if she wore a hijab or she didn’t \nWhat if this person implements that every women should cover there bodies and makes wearing shorts banned in Canada so wouldn’t you all be offended and protest against that and would say that we want freedom of expression \nSo we should respect everybody’s culture and religion

its really scary when we see women covering whole body with burka and roaming in streets of canada if u live in canada follow canadian culture . or else please go back to where u come from. when they form almost 40% then they will start ruling canadians. there are good muslims but they way muslims dressed feel others unsecured. so we request you to get back to your home country.....

If there is nothing sexist or oppressive about Muslim women covering their faces, ask yourself this simple question, why don't the men cover themselves in the same way?

26:00 Let me correct you, It's worn by all Muslim women