An Examination Of The White Australia

This is a reputation that many believe Pauline Hanson is out to destroy. Her controversial views combined with her political power has the potential to divide Australian society, and damage our international image. Hanson believes that the government spends too much money on foreign aid and welfare, specifically Aboriginal welfare services. The problems arose when she publicallyannounced this in her maiden speech at a time of great social change; many people were recognizing that minority groups in Australia were disadvantaged despite what Australian identity would have them believe. “We now have a situation where a type of reverse racism is applied to mainstream Australians by those who promote political correctness.” It is partly true that a ‘type of reverse racism’ exists, however Hanson blows this idea out of proportion, creating controversy. While this controversy potentially aids her political campaign with widespread media coverage, it has the side effect of dividing Australian society. There will be one group of people who agree with her views and another who don’t. Instead of uniting all Australians under the same goals of multiculturalism, Hanson seemingly ‘drives a wedge’ through our society. Multiculturalism is a vulnerable thing for a country like Australia, and Hanson poses a threat to this identity with her primitive views, and her political

Since the time of federation the Aboriginal people have been fighting for their rights through protests, strikes and the notorious ‘day of mourning’. However, over the last century the Australian federal government has generated policies which manage and restrained that of the Aboriginal people’s rights, citizenships and general protection. The Australian government policy that has had the most significant impact on indigenous Australians is the assimilation policy. The reasons behind this include the influences that the stolen generation has had on the indigenous Australians, their relegated rights and their entitlement to vote and the impact that the policy has had on the indigenous people of Australia.

Migrants and immigrants are from a whole different world, although many authors in Growing up Asian in Australia were born in Australia and while their customs and traditions are seen as the norm to them they are seen as different by many Australians. These cultural traditions and practices are far from what the majority are used to and so are neither known nor understood. This result usually in people misunderstanding migrant’s individuality and can cause unfair exclusion. Governed was horrified when the school bully accused her of wiping her “butt with her hands” on the terms of her Indian background and as a result had to deal with constant teasing and taunts

Kevin Rudd’s apology was to the Aboriginals; but in particular, to the Stolen Generations. From 1909-1969, the Australian Government forced a policy know as assimilation upon the Aboriginals. Assimilation is the forced integration of minority groups onto the dominant society. Inhumane acts were inflicted upon these proud people because of the ‘Aborigines Protection Board’ which entailed that the Australian Government had full rights to forcibly remove half-caste children from Aboriginal care without parental consent nor a court order.

The concept of being a ‘nation of immigrants’ is at the center of Australian identity.

Since World War 2 and the Vietnam War, Australia has become a multicultural country. Before the Vietnam War, though, the Australian government tried their best to keep Australia ‘white’. After the fear of communism from Vietnam, the government thought it would be in the country’s best interest to try and build up the population in Australia, but only allowing ‘white’ Europeans and British people to come. What is included in this report, is to discover how and why the migrants from non-European countries manage to change the face of modern Australia.

Asian migration wave has had a significant impact on the Australian Political Policies as Asian it is a significant issue because it helped to make Australia richer and more culturally diverse today. It has also helped to change Political Policies to benefit other migrants positively. The slides hat follow allow you to observe present discussions and will also include an insight into the Asian Migration Wave, Impacts relating to Australia’s political policies as well as whether these impacts were continuous or changed.

Reports from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (2003a, 2003b, as cited in Ashman & Elkins, 2009, p. 7) show 25% of the Australian population is currently made up of migrants from around 200 countries. This fact demonstrates Australia, on the whole, has a tolerant and inclusive society. A society can be identified as a collection of people who live together in a relatively ordered community (Ashman & Elkins, 2009, p. 7). It could be said, Australia has one of the most inclusive societies on the planet; however, this was not always the case.

This article gives the reader an inequitable view of Indigenous Australians, defending Tony Abbot’s point of view and the audience is encouraged to agree with mainstream media in regards to whether or not Tony Abbott is racist. Article B from the Koori Mail condemns Tony Abbott’s viewpoint as not only racist but he is insulting the very culture that he is representing. Article B states that Tony Abbott does not understand Indigenous culture and how important land is to them “Connection to country is everything to Aboriginal people – defines Aboriginal people and sustains us in a cultural and spiritual sense and can play a vital role in building economic independence, self-determination and healing” (Greg Cromelin, Article B). With Article B the audience is encouraged to get angry at Tony Abbott’s comments and make him out to be racist.

In this scenario, it’s clear that the opinion of white Australians has a higher priority than ethnic Australians. The controversy that the billboard started was caused by an expectation that an Australian is white and certainly not a Muslim. The removal of the billboard shows that what a white person expects is the norm and that they have the power to discriminate against others because they have more power than the minorities. This situation fits in line with critical race theory as it has proved that there is a gap in power dynamics which have caused and maintained racial inequality (Burke, 2017, lecture 4). Acculturation involves the reconstruction and re-negotiation of social identity following migration to a different culture (Burke, 2017, Lecture 5).

64, Commonwealth of Australia 2011). Policy then moved towards more assimilationist strategies in which attempts were made to convert Aboriginal Australians into ‘responsible citizens’ (Gilbert 2005, Haebich 2000). The protectionist and assimilationist policies share the core values that Aboriginal culture is inferior and on its way to an ‘evolutionary end’ (Gilbert 2005, p. 64).

This paper is divided into two parts. In the first part the concepts or race, ethnicity, prejudice and racism are defined and how they are connected is discussed. Part 2 of the paper looks at the ‘White Australia’ policy and why it was introduced. The impact of such a racist immigration history on contemporary Australia is also discussed in terms of attitudes and behaviours of the population. Following is a brief discussion on how successive government polic

Ethnocultural diversity is always appreciated by the policy makers of the country. The formal policy of multiculturalism was adopted three decades ago when the immigrant populations began to rise from various ethnic and cultural backgrounds after the official end of the white immigrant policy of Australia. The policy of multiculturalism is enrooted in two key points : First is the right to cultural identity which is to express and enjoy one’s own cultural, religious, ethnic customs freely. The second one is the objective to have the commitment to getting assimilated and absorbed in the Australian culture and become part of it. Here the analogy of “melting pot”, often used for American society, becomes much relevant.

Pauline Hanson's lady discourse, conveyed on the tenth of September 1996 to the Place of Delegates caused debate as a portion of the remarks she made on aboriginals, multiculturalism and migration were marked as supremacist. Hanson reprimanded aboriginals as she said she seemed to be 'nourished up' with hearing the 'This is my territory' from aboriginals. Hanson likewise remarked on the issue of movement when she expressed her conviction that our nation is in threat of being overwhelmed by Asians as they shape ghettos and don't acclimatize. I was quite stunned myself when perusing her discourse online as I didn't surmise that somebody in her position would make such supremacist remarks that would be heard by greater part of Australia. With

What appeals to me most about her ideology, is her case for a transformational approach to social justice, one that moves beyond identity and class politics. Fraser () makes clear that achieving greater social equality, involves much more than simply revaluing marginalised identity groups or redistributing wealth and resources from the ‘haves’ to the ‘have nots’ in society. She argues that we should also deconstruct the knowledge systems that gives shape to these economic and value hierarchies. Professor of Indigenous Studies, Aileen Moreton-Robinson, contends that the very structures of Australia as a nation is built on an original theft that dispossessed Indigenous people of their land, identity and culture; a theft that continues today in the form of institutions, law and governments that dismiss Indigenous epistemologies in favour of Western rationalist or capitalist