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Since I have arrived here at Lambing Flats, nothing has changed. I am still facing the same discrimination I have been for a while and I am still judged every day under their harsh eyes. It seems as if all of Australia is against us. They publish mean cartoons about us (See Appendix 1) that poke fun, no, not just poke - disrespect and make fun of us in every way. They make fun of the way we talk, walk, dress and look! Half of these things are out of my control, so what am I meant to do? I have heard that in places other than here, we are actually accepted. Well, at least not discriminated against. In Cooktown and Cairns, we are accepted, and there is still gold there too! Even in other places other than here, not everyone discriminates against …show more content…
us. There are newspapers published in Ballarat in our language, in both English and Chinese! (See Appendix 2). They are published by an Englishman who goes by the name of Robert Bell. Apparently he studied Chinese. But that would never happen here, of course. Here it's just the Chinese are bad, terrible, impure, destroying our country and are going to invade - on and on it goes, even when we have done nothing wrong.
I wish they would see that we are not that different. They resent us for doing the thing came out here to do - find gold. Just because we actually find it, they hate us. They use us as a scapegoat for all their problems because we find gold, and they don't. I heard that originally we were welcomed, in the 40s, as a way to fill the labour shortage, but no longer. But of course, that was in Queensland, not here. Attitudes have definitely worsened since then. They think we all are the same, that we all fit their stereotype 'Chinese Person' - stupid and vice ridden. In reality, we are completely different from their design of us. We are not here to invade, just to get our gold and get out. We have no interest in their women, just gold. I think we are indeed quite smart, working what they leave behind, and actually receiving results. I can't understand how they don't understand. At least I am not in Victoria. I hear that things are even worse their then they are here, but I don't no how much longer that statement will remain true. I miss my home. But hopefully, I will be able to return there
soon.
The 2014 Walkley Award winning documentary, "Cronulla Riots: the day that shocked the nation" reveals to us a whole new side of Aussie culture. No more she’ll be right, no more fair go and sadly no more fair dinkum. The doco proved to all of us (or is it just me?) that the Australian identity isn’t really what we believe it to be. After viewing this documentary
I, along with many other people believe that as a human we deserve Human Rights, regardless of who we are of what our background is, where we live, what we look like, what we think or what we believe in. However this is not the case. In Australia we are believed to be a multicultural community and a diverse society. Nevertheless the way Asylum Seeker and Refugees are being treated is
... we could be or the worst other countries have been but it still is not acceptable the way they are treated, dissimilar to other white Australians. Eventually Australia will and must change.
Throughout our rich history, we have overcome these issues by making great changes in our country by promoting multiculturalism and giving everyone a fair go which means giving everyone chance to live a healthy and prosperous life. But, even with these changes, Australia once was plagued with injustice. Australia now has a good reputation, but our horrid past will never be forgotten.
English literature have been used to express the experiences and history of Australia. In Dorothy Mackellar’s “My Australia” poem, signifies the beauties and the terrors of the luck country. However, Migrants experience a different terror, as conveyed by Ania Walwicz as the “big, ugly” side of Australians - facing the cruel racism of the White Australian Policy. In Australia’s history, Migrants have been treated with alienation and physical discrimination which distant them from Australia’s community. Migrants not only faces the terrors of the land but also the racism enforced by Australia’s laws.
After the release of Rabbit Proof Fence, many `politically right' white Australians tried to promote that the film was based on myth and misunderstanding but in facet is not as the film itself promotes the openness of racism. Racism was not only a problem is Australia but throughout the world and is continuing to stay a problem, even in our own backyard. The racism between the white Australians and the Aborigines is quite similar to the racism shown in schools and even in parliament here in New Zealand between the Maori and Europeans, or once again between the `white' and the `black'.
In 2014 Beyond Blue released a video campaign that illustrated that ‘Discrimination stops with you’ and posted a message that ‘No one should be made to feel like crap just for being who they are’ (Beyond Blue 2014). The campaign dubbed The Invisible Discriminator showed a sequence of events where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experience racism and links how these incidents that may seem insignificant to those being unconsciously racist can lead to anxiety and depression.
...rial covered in the unit Aboriginal People that I have been studying at the University of Notre Dame Fremantle, Aboriginal people have had a long history of being subjected to dispossession and discriminatory acts that has been keep quite for too long. By standing together we are far more likely to achieve long lasting positive outcomes and a better future for all Australians.
The actions of the State and Federal Government(s) have being questionable over the centuries since the ‘colonization’ of Australia, but as Australia becomes more of a multicultural and multi-racial society Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people acceptance is rising. The disadvantages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people face is decreasing slowly by the government as introduce legislation and form commissions. There will always be problems for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in relation to housing, but the Australia is heading in the right direction to correct this problem and provide a much better future for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and the whole of Australia.
Though Australia is perceived as a democratic country whose government is open to public scrutiny, this belief is erroneous. The Australian Government’s apathy towards asylum seekers is neglectful of the fundamental human right to liberty and a sense of safety. Australia will need to overturn these inhumane laws to move forward as a country. If you believe Australia is a country of equality and acceptance then you are deluding yourself.
The assimilation policy was a policy that existed between the 1940’s and the 1970’s, and replaced that of protectionism. Its purpose was to have all persons of aboriginal blood and mixed blood living like ‘white’ Australians, this established practice of removing Aboriginal children (generally half-bloods) from their homes was to bring them up without their culture, and they were encouraged to forget their aboriginal heritage. Children were placed in institutions where they could be 'trained' to take their place in white society. During the time of assimilation Aboriginal people were to be educated for full citizenship, and have access to public education, housing and services. However, most commonly aboriginal people did not receive equal rights and opportunities, for example, their wages were usually less than that paid to the white workers and they often did not receive recognition for the roles they played in the defence of Australia and their contribution to the cattle industry. It wasn’t until the early 1960’s that expendi...
Initial Reflective Essay When I first thought of what I wanted to do with my life after college, the first thing I thought of was helping people. The next step in deciding what I wanted to do with my life was to examine how I could accomplish this goal. I started pondering and I was thinking about how much I love to take care of my body. Health care and personal hygiene has always been an important factor in my life. So I decided to major in Health Sciences.
When Australia opened it’s migration policy, after 1945, to include those from a larger number of non-English speaking backgrounds, many moved to Canberra to help build the Capital during the construction boom of the period. Yet this did not create the harmony that was hoped for.
Over the past semester I have learned many things in my English class, educationally and through life lessons. Ms. Henry took the tedious, standard, subject of English and turned it into moral and intellectual lessons we can use in our daily lives. I latched onto the secret life of bees, serial, and the debate, out of the topics we went over this semester.
Are Aboriginal people a marginalised group within Australian society? Is the lack of self-determination a direct result of colonisation and subsequent treatment of Aboriginal people? Is institutional racism rife amongst Australian society? According to Hollinsworth (2010, pp. 1-11) racism and marginalisation is present in all aspects of Aboriginal society, stating that examples exist from schooling, accommodation to life expectancy. Marginalisation is also explored by Reynolds (2005, pp 31-36) showing that self-determination and reclaiming of Aboriginal culture will assist in healing the cultural trauma. Involvement of Aboriginal communities with key decision making processes, particularly in relation to educational framework, has wide support