Racism In Australia

Racism in Australia is a big problem and needs to be stopped. Racism refers to anything that has the effect of disadvantaging someone from what their racial background is. It affects peoples well-being along with it not being a good look for our nation to have. Is it really okay for people outside of our country to look and us and think that there are still people that are being racist? Opportunities for people should not be judged on their race. This is not fair. Racism is definitely not okay and should be stopped.

Although there are various organizations like Racism Noway, Stand Against Racism and All Together Now, who are working to combat racism in schools and communities. They also aim to prevent racism from being in Australia’s future by educating our next generation on the issue. But despite any of these organisation’s achievements and successes, their efforts only partially reduce racism and not extinguish it. For racism to be extinguished from our country and culture it will take the effort of the whole nation. But this is impossible as racism is so deeply imbedded into our culture, for a revolutionary event like this to happen it will be at the consequence of Australia’s image as there are bound to be disagreements and revolts, suggested by our history. Without any racial reduction, there will be unfortunate outcomes for Australia’s future and culture, because essentially without our multicultural identity Australia is no longer the ‘fair’ nation we sing

This proves that understanding racial identity is a worldwide issue. ‘In Australia, however, we don’t know the impact of racism, especially of subtle and prolonged forms of racism, on the mental wellbeing of Aboriginal children and how this impacts on their academic self-concept and consequently academic achievement and outcomes (Purdie, Milgate & Bell, 2011).

Pang goes on to state that these “racists feel that no one, neither society nor the government, appreciates how the modern world has left them behind. But one group shares their unrelenting feelings of deepseated fear and anxiety: their victims.” (Pung 2016) however these deep seeded sentiments are also not being helped by the nation-state where there has been no real attempt in multicultural or migratory education since the original yet short push for multiculturalism in the years following the white Australia policy nor has there been an attempt in educating the Australian people that assimilation is an acceptable or achievable endeavour. There is an identified need to develop an understanding that all types of migration lead to social and economic change and attempts to surpress such transformations can lead to racism and conflict. (Castles

Racism is discrimination or abusive behaviour towards another race or religion. Australia is a very young multicultural country where at hand is strong evidence to suggest that Australia is racist, and in contrast there are many examples that support this questions that we humans beings can live in peace and harmony with all Australians. According to the ABCDiamond

We all know Australia is an amazing place where approximately everyone is laid back ( to some degree , it has a worthy parliamentary system as you do not need royal blood to be a leader, and you get paid considerably more compared to other countries. Although this continent is unfortunately not perfect as, in Australia there are two main types of racism. Aboriginal racism and multicultural racism. Racism is a terrible force as it has destroyed lives with verbal and physical abuse because they are of a different race. So we must change our ways. Examples of the soul crushing creature known formally as Racism are shown in the story "Tri" by Francs Echin and "Fifties Australia" by Phillip Knightley.

Australia is one of the most culturally diverse counties in the world 47% of Australian’s were either born overseas or their parents

The White Australia Policy is one of the most infamous acts passed in Australian history. It discriminated against countless of different races. The policy was created with the purpose to recreate the image of a ‘White Australia’. This was the old approach taken by the Australian government to select immigrants from the white countries like the United Kingdom and stop the entry of immigrants not from white countries. Australia was following the example set by Great Britain, as shown in a statement made by W.G. Spence “If we keep the race pure,

The immigration policy of Australia has been in a constant state of flux ever since Federation in 1901, when the first legislative piece, the Immigration Restriction Act, was introduced. The Immigration Restriction Act has become infamous in Australian history and throughout the world, more nefariously as the ‘White Australia Policy’. The White Australia Policy was Australia’s seemingly indestructible way of ensuring a White Australia. However, the immigration of European refugees after World War II, which aimed to defend the nation from Japanese invasion, challenged this policy. From 1901, Australia held a strong belief that coloured people, specifically Asians, were inferior and detrimental to the Australian way of life, and did all in it’s

Australia is getting to be unsafe for foreigner students. More and more Racial reports have been reported because of it. They are making it seem like nor foreign person is not allowed to be there because of their Ethnic. How is this helping society? Instead of helping its destroying society. Its also separating them from the world. Its like if someone invited the whole 3rd grade to their sleepover but did not invite one person because they were “different”. First and foremost we are not in third grade. Nor do we need to be singling out anyone.

In 2015, Australian Aboriginal reporter Stan Grant delivered a powerful speech at The Ethics Centre in Sydney during the IQ2 debate: “Racism is Destroying the Australian Dream” (The Ethics Centre, 2016, Davey. M, 2016). Grant was joined by Herald-Sun columnist Rita Panahi, immigration lawyer Pallavi Sinha and Australian actor, Jack Thompson (Davey. M, 2016). Stan argued for the topic that racism is “at the heart of the Australian Dream” (Davey. M, 2016).

After years of oppression and little change, internalized oppression is becoming detrimental to the growth of the next generation. Society leaves little room for change as these groups’ begin the cycle of self-hate and stereotypes that have been placed on them by society. The youth grow up surrounded by a world that is against them from the beginning. Racism, oppression, and discrimination have a negative impact on the health and wellbeing among these people. A study on how racism has affected the Aborigines in Australia, shows that this group experiences a substantial health disadvantage compared to the rest of the Australian population. Aboriginal youth who experience racism are at

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

Racism has been an ongoing social justice issue for decades, and we seem to always fail to make it stop. According to Dummett (as cited in Fernando, 1984), racism is the behaviour and attitude that emerges from our beliefs that certain people are different from us. These differences are mainly based on race, where people come from, physical characteristics, such as colour and hair type or behavioural characteristics, and that people categorized must be treated differently based on their needs, capabilities and rights. Usually there is one dominant and superior group and a few inferior groups (Dummett, as cited in Fernando, 1984). Coates and Morrison (2011) suggests that what we distinguish as real and true may not always be real and that things may not always be as it seems. Coates and Morrison (2011) also states that we live in a racial matrix, where we have this illusion of reality and that differences associated with racial status and hierarchies are perceived as the norm in society and this perception of reality is not easy to get rid of. There are four types of racism; subtle racism, colorism, internalized racism and reverse racism (Nittle, 2016). Racism can be explicit, but it can also be very subtle and covert, which is a huge problem, as most people do not even notice it and they do not realize that it happens on a day-to-day basis (Coates and Morrison, 2011). Racism is not only one problem or concern, as it is brings along a variety of other problems and is compiled

Racism not only leads to social problems but it also causes mental illness and violence for example, self-harm, depression and the harming of others. In most cases the victim starts to feel helpless, isolated, depressed and irritated. Experiencing racism can change a victim’s life forever. Nearly half of all Australian residents from a diverse background have experienced racism at some time in their life. WHY? Only because they look different? On a Wednesday afternoon a well-dressed 54 year woman in a mustard jacket unleashed a lecture of abuse at other passengers on a Sydney to Newcastle train, it started because some young kids aged between four and ten didn’t automatically give up their seats