...evident on indigenous soil, the division of non-indigenous populations and indigenous populations have been present. The racism and discrimination that has impacted the Indigenous populations have drastically affected many generations. It is the development of the everyday Australian attitude that has encouraged social movements across the country; moving majority away from the traditional racism or “old-fashioned” racism. Old-fashioned racism regards the statement and policies that are intentionally and blatantly discriminative, it includes the genuine belief that a life of a black individual is worth significantly less than white individuals (Tesler, 2013). Movements across the decades have attempted...
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...Is racism in Australia is a thing of the past? Racism was until quite recently a part of the laws of Australia. Now we have turned against that. Discoveries in science, the shrinking of the world due to travel and the advent of globalisation have added force to a world-view in which racism is seen as hateful. Racism in Australia has largely come an end. Long-standing Australian social prejudices against Indian are mostly a thing of the past. Old concerns about racism can for the most part be put to rest. Surely, our political leaders should be mature enough to call a spade a spade and start challenging the views that should hold no place in a modern and tolerant democracy like ours. Only if we do this, can we rightfully market Australia as a prime destination for international students and visitors. MELTON Insp Greg Payne says any officer found to be racist towards Africans should be discharged from Victoria Police. Insp Payne said it was important to send a strong message to everyone in the force and the community that racism was unacceptable in any field. “We work in closely with our diverse and growing community and it is an expectation (in Melton shire) that everyone is treated equally,” he said. “If any allegations of racist behaviour by member of the force are proven, then that person should no longer be welcome as part of the force.” “Victoria Police will never tolerate racist behaviour.” There is only one solution to racism: develop policies...
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...The idea of “racist anti-racism” proposed by Ghassan Hage has prompted political discourse through continuity and change in Australia. Over recent decades, the empirical evidence displaying the extent of racism has emphasised “newly ethnicised and/or racialised groups” (Hage, 2014) that constantly shape the Australian landscape. It is particularly seen that racism is conceptualised as a “broader phenomenon of oppression which also includes sexism, ageism and classicism” (Berman, 2010, as cited by Paradies, 2006, p. 4). This recurring issue is manifested in “several forms and different intensities” (Hage, 2014) which highlights the severe implications experienced by Australians who belong to certain cultural groups. It has “constructed fearful social environments that have deprived...
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...Australians? Think about this topic broadly, but try to also think about the different ways that social scientists could study issues of race and racism in Australia. For example, there are important conceptual issues. How do we define terms like race and racism? Are there different kinds of racism (i.e. old racism? colour racism? new or cultural racism? institutional racism? Can you be racist towards someone on religious grounds, or is that something different? – if interested in the latter see Dunn et al 2007 in refs below). There are also historical and contemporary questions – who has experienced racism in the past in Australia, and who experiences it in today’s Australia? Then there are questions about how we examine the issues surrounding racism. How do we measure racism? Do we use survey questions about people’s beliefs? Are the kinds of questions asked in such surveys really measuring racism? (think about the survey explained in Dunn et al 2004). Can we use qualitative forms of research to investigate racism? What about assessing racism from the perspective of its victims (i.e. from those who have experienced racist acts, or forms of discrimination?) Are there particular groups of people more likely to hold racist beliefs? In what ways can we measure and assess the extent of racial discrimination in Australia? Can you think of any other good research questions that we could ask on this topic? Here are some further ideas of things you might address in group...
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...When reflecting upon traditional gender roles within Australia, I remember a time “men made up a population of the work force” (Hughes, 1997). However, this idea that women didn’t belong in the work force has slowly changed over time. According (The Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2008) from 1986 to 2005 the participation rate for women in the work force increase from 48 to 58. Explanation for this attitude change is the result of the of the 1970s and 1980s, which saw an increase in feminism and the influx of married women entering the work force, later reaching a point in equilibrium once the thought of women not being limited to traditional gender roles become appealing and the wide spread trend of duel earning households (Egmond M, 2010)....
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...prejudice in Australia. For example Dumby didn't win the trophy and was especially racist to him and how their was favouritism towards Coach Arks son from the committee of the club and the coach who was Arks. Blacky removing the Graffiti was an example for standing up for Racism from the so called Porky Fraser which is very disrespectful as the author explains it well. Then Lastly Darcy was making up rude comments about the Nungas and how they carry a some sort of disease but it wasn't just Darcy who did this it was a lot of people nearly everyone made at least a rude joke or comment just because of...
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...characters’ experience a sense of freedom outside of the racism they have endured their entire lives. This liberty results in characters being unable to live in their original circumstances. The novel ‘The Longest Memory’ depicts a young slave who learnt to read and write and as a result was provided with a sense of freedom that changed his life forever. However, this forbidden liberty eventually resulted...
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...I will be presenting a point of view on the topic of how racism is destroying the Australian dream, in a way that uses evidence to support the topic and rhetorical questions. I will argue in favour of the topic by showing how their safety, sport and their opportunity is filled with racism. I want to tell everyone how Racism isn’t killing the Australian dream. The Australian dream was founded on racism. Introduction: Good morning Australia is both a young nation built on immigration and a country boasting the oldest living culture in the world. The Australian dream is magnetic, attracting vastly more people than ever. ‘ A quarter of the population is born overseas and almost half of us have a parent born abroad. The Australian Bureau of Statistics...
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...about (mainly non-Aboriginal) Registered Nurses working in hospitals and clinics in remote areas of Australia from the early 1900s to the 1980s as they came into contact with, or cared for, Aboriginal people. Government policies that controlled and regulated Aboriginal Australians provide the context for these stories. Memoirs and other contemporary sources reveal the ways in which government policies in different eras influenced nurse’s attitudes and clinical practice in relation to Aboriginal people, and helped institutionalise racism in health care. Up until the 1970s, most nurses in this study unquestioningly accepted firstly segregation, then assimilation policies and their underlying paternalistic ideologies, and incorporated them into their practice. The quite marked politicisation of Aboriginal issues in the 1970s in Australia and the move towards selfdetermination for Aboriginal people politicised many – but not all – nurses. For the first time, many nurses engaged in a robust critique of government policies and what this meant for their practice and for Aboriginal health. Other nurses, however, continued as they had before – neither questioning prevailing policy nor its effects on their practice. It is argued that only by understanding and confronting the historical roots of institutional racism, and by speaking out against such practices, can discrimination and racism be abolished from nursing practice and health care. This is essential for nursing’s current and future...
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...“A nigger-lover is just one of those terms that don't mean anything—like snot-nose. It's hard to explain—ignorant, trashy people use it when they think somebody's favouring Negroes over and above themselves. It's slipped into usage with some people like ourselves, when they want a common, ugly term to label somebody” .These words of wisdom are displayed in Harper lee’s famous 1960s book to kill A Mocking Bird. It was voted 4th most popular book in Australia. The book focuses on the observations of the author (scout) when a young African American man Tom Robinson is accused of rape by a white woman and is defend by white upper class man Atticus finch the father of scout in the fictional town of Maycomb. Even though Australia has made a big achievement in efforts to bring equality in our community racism still exists. Social teachings and behaviours from the early 1900s still resonate today in modern society as 1 in 5 children are racially abused every day and 1 in 5 people in Australia have experienced racism. Making To kill a mocking Bird relevant in today’s society as it mirrors the imperfections in our society....
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...Racism, discrimination, police brutality and injustice. These are just some of the unfair day-to-day things that the coloured people of America go through on a regular basis and it shouldn’t be this way. In 2016 alone, there were over 250 African American people that were shot and killed by police. After multiple deaths, shootings, police brutality reports and many counts of injustice, the ‘black lives matter’ phrase was started. The ‘Black lives matter’ organization is an international association, originating from America. It first came about in America around 2013 to campaign against violence and systemic racism towards African Americans. Systemic racism is about the forms of racism which are structured into political and social institutions. At first the movement started as just a simple hash tag on social media after the shooting and death of a black teenager, but now after much support it is known internationally as a campaign where people can have a voice and be heard. Shortly after this movement began, the phrase ‘all lives matter’ was created and had caused much backlash in response to the ‘black...
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...Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet. (2013). Summary of Australian health,2012. Retrieved from: http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-facts/summary Creative Spirit. (2013). Racism in Aboriginal Australia. Retrieved from: http://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/people/racism-in-aboriginal-australia Eckert, A. (2002). The Global and the Local: Reconciling Universal Human Rights and Cultural Diversity. Human rights and Human welfare, 2(2), 1-7. Hollenbach, D. (2002). The common good and Christian ethics. Retrieved from: http://site.ebrary.com.ezproxy2.acu.edu.au/lib/australiancathu/docDetail.action?docID=10021347 Hunt, J., & Smith, D. ( 2005). Strengthening Indigenous Community Governance: A step towards advancing Reconciliation in Australia. Centre for Aboriginal economic policy research, 2005(4), 1-17 Kuek, V. (2012). Action on reconciliation: Turning good intensions into real actions through commitment to a business paln aims to create better relationships and opportunities for indigenous Australian. Law Society Journal,50(7), 20-22 Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. ( 2010). Catholic Social Teaching: Principle of Solidarity. Retrieved from: http://www.misacor-usa.org/index.php/catholic-social-teaching-principle-of-solidarit Parliament of Australia. (2003). Defining Aboriginality in Australia. Retrieved from:...
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...had their wages stolen. For decades, Indigenous veterans have asked for better acknowledgement of their service to Australia as they have assisted in all conflicts since federation. In 2017, for the first time, Indigenous veterans led the national ANZAC Day...
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...AIA103 Australia New World Nation 3. Since the late 1940s, Australia has been transformed from a monocultural ‘British’ society to become one of the most racially and culturally diverse nations in the world. How would you explain this? Today, Australia is considered as one of the most successful nations in building a tolerant, inclusive, and culturally diverse society. Many people are willing to live in this land. However, the pace to this successful society is very tough. For the first 50 years of federation Australia, this country was a monocultural ‘British’ society. Most migrants came from Britain. Since the late 1940s, more people from different countries immigrate to Australia. Most of them are European migrants after World War II. This phenomenon triggered defensive reactions by the previous dominant of Anglo-Australians (Nichols, 2011). The dominant wanted to assimilate the immigrants at the first stage, but some conflicts occurred during this process. Then, the immigration policy has been changed from assimilationsm to multiculturalism. After the start of federation of Australia in 1901, the government utilized White Australia Policy to all Australians, preventing anyone to enter Australia unless they were from Britain and trying to make this country into an English-speaking, Anglo-Australian cultural one. At that time, English is the first language being spoken by above 95 per cent people in Australia (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2002). Britain...
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...The reader is indulged and is offered insight into the hardships of stereotypes and racism Indigenous people faced in history and still today. There was controversy surrounding the book as it was written by a Caucasian person rather than an Indigenous person. People felt that an account of Indigenous people should be written by an Indigenous person in order to offer a true, un-biased depiction. Constable, wrote the stereotypes into her book to teach readers about the discrimination. Otherwise without, the reader wouldn’t have been as well informed. The book depicts a Caucasian girl called Sadie, who time travels back to the dark places of Australian history, in 1933 where racism, social exclusion, lack of culture appreciation and prejudice thoughts over ruled truth, back to time now, and a large part of society's understanding and realisation has not differed. ‘Crow Country’ has many stereotypes that could have been received differently for different readers. Walter (an indigenous boy) is perceived as a trouble maker and runs into police a lot - the major stereotype that Aboriginals get involved with criminal activity...
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