ABSTRACT
This chapter is concerned with the dynamics of sexism and racism and the interrelationship of gender, race/ethnicity and class arose out of the author's experience as a ‘visible minority’ immigrant woman and a member of the intelligentsia living in a white-dominated Canada. It describes a different conceptualization of ethnicity/race, gender, and class: they must be treated as social relations which have to do with the ways in which people relate to each other through productive and reproductive activities. The chapter presents some historical sketches illustrating ways in which the dynamic relations of gender, race/ethnicity and class underpin the development of Canada as a nation-state. Ethnicity and gender are essential constituents of the Canadian class structure. An examination of the history of Canada indicates that class cannot be understood without reference to ethnic and gender relations, and that gender and ethnicity cannot be understood without reference to class relations.
