▁as ▁Canada . ▁There ▁are ▁inf am ous ▁cases ▁of ▁seg reg ation ▁related ▁issues ▁in ▁Nova ▁Scot ia ▁and ▁Canada , ▁such ▁as ▁Vi ola ▁Des mond , ▁the ▁historic ▁treatment ▁of ▁Chinese ▁imm igr ants , ▁the ▁pla cement ▁of ▁Japanese ▁Canad ians ▁in ▁intern ment ▁cam ps ▁during ▁World ▁War ▁ 2 , ▁and ▁the ▁historic ▁and ▁contemporary ▁treatment ▁of ▁the ▁ind igen ous ▁population . ▁Seg reg ation ▁on ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁race ▁is ▁root ed ▁in ▁the ▁belief ▁that ▁there ▁are ▁distinct ▁differences ▁between ▁people ▁of ▁different ▁skin ▁colors . ▁Major ity ▁of ▁anth rop olog ists ▁and ▁bi olog ists ▁have ▁abandoned ▁the ▁notion ▁of ▁ra cial ▁categories ▁and ▁any ▁attempts ▁to ▁prove ▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁race ▁on ▁a ▁bi ological ▁level . ▁Social ▁scient ists ▁have ▁come ▁to ▁understand ▁race ▁as ▁a ▁social ▁construct , ▁forming ▁from ▁what ▁is ▁called ▁ra cial ▁formation . ▁This ▁formation ▁of ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁race ▁creates ▁a ▁separation ▁between ▁those ▁in ▁power , ▁white ▁people , ▁and ▁those ▁sub j ug ated ▁to ▁said ▁power , ▁persons ▁of ▁color , ▁and ▁an ▁ex clusion ▁of ▁persons ▁of ▁color ▁from ▁aspects ▁of ▁society . ▁Those ▁that ▁produce ▁the ▁knowledge ▁and ▁determine ▁what ▁is ▁moral ▁in ▁society ▁are ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁traditional ▁power ▁holding ▁white ▁culture . ▁The ▁ra cial ▁knowledge ▁created ▁by ▁these ▁knowledge ▁produ cers ▁a ids ▁in ▁the ▁creation ▁and ▁maintenance ▁of ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁the ▁other . ▁Ra cial ▁knowledge ▁establish es ▁an ▁understanding ▁of ▁what ▁it ▁means