8210569 Rationale
For my Religious Education Oral Presentation, I chose to do Question 3 focusing on the social justice issue of racism, ‘”One in five people living in Australia have experienced racial abuse” (All Together Now 2015.) Investigate the issue of racism in Australia and critique the proposed changes to the racial vilification laws.’
I believe that the argument I synthesised regarding the change in the in anti-vilification laws, the Racial Discrimination Act of 1975, and its links to Catholicism is strong and provides an insight to the history and potential future of cultural diversity in Australia and the world. The brief overview of the history of racism in Australia provides a background for the audience to assist in the current status of how Australia is perceived in terms of discrimination and pre-emptive measures to stop racial vilification. …show more content…
Quoting Penny Wong, the Opposition Leader in the Senate, “For them [supporters of the change], it’s a debate about words and abstract principles. For people who have experienced racism, it is a deeply personal debate, and it’s actually a debate about real people and real hurt” (Leslie n.d.) Furthermore, I believe that section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act is crucial to its implementation in society and should not be repealed. It states that a person can be found of discrimination if “the act is reasonably likely… to offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate another person” (Austlii n.d.) To abolish this section would see the ability for people to vilify race regardless of where they are and it be allowed by
For my Religious Education Oral Presentation, I chose to do Question 3 focusing on the social justice issue of racism, ‘”One in five people living in Australia have experienced racial abuse” (All Together Now 2015.) Investigate the issue of racism in Australia and critique the proposed changes to the racial vilification laws.’
I believe that the argument I synthesised regarding the change in the in anti-vilification laws, the Racial Discrimination Act of 1975, and its links to Catholicism is strong and provides an insight to the history and potential future of cultural diversity in Australia and the world. The brief overview of the history of racism in Australia provides a background for the audience to assist in the current status of how Australia is perceived in terms of discrimination and pre-emptive measures to stop racial vilification. …show more content…
Quoting Penny Wong, the Opposition Leader in the Senate, “For them [supporters of the change], it’s a debate about words and abstract principles. For people who have experienced racism, it is a deeply personal debate, and it’s actually a debate about real people and real hurt” (Leslie n.d.) Furthermore, I believe that section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act is crucial to its implementation in society and should not be repealed. It states that a person can be found of discrimination if “the act is reasonably likely… to offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate another person” (Austlii n.d.) To abolish this section would see the ability for people to vilify race regardless of where they are and it be allowed by