The invisible embedded race can well reflected on the social status, determinants of health and welfare, well-being,
The invisible embedded race can well reflected on the social status, determinants of health and welfare, well-being,
The ‘White Australia’ attitude however, was not abolished with the policy in 1965, altering modern Australia’s populous and national identity. Post world War two, Australia was in a state of devastation, having lost…
Assimilating the Natives in the U.S. and Australia The reading Assimilating the Natives in the U.S. and Australia written by Gary Foley in June 2000 interrogates, from an indigenous perspective, the suggestion that Assimilation means different things to Australian and United States governments. In Order to do so Foley examines colonial origins, notions of race and white supremacist mythology. Foley looks at how each of these perceptions resulted in the treatment of indigenous people and draws conclusions on whether there is a difference in the intent of assimilation as well as exploits some possible long term implications in today’s society. ‘Origins of American and Australian colonies have a common European heritage of imperialism and racial…
There was a definite difference in the attitudes shown towards Aboriginal people. White Australians were considered more superior in every aspect. They were not allowed to have a say in anything and there opinions were never valued as they were considered less superior, a nuisance to society and a waste of time. “You can’t tell me what to do on my own land.” (P.88).…
Race and health outcomes are heavily correlated and attention to the two needs to be considered. Racial classification has a profound impact on daily life experience and societal perceptions. Racism is a factor in health issues, barriers to receiving medical attention, and the quality of services and care provided. I liked how the article divided the framework for understanding racism into three levels: institutionalized, personally mediated, and internalized. Institutionalized racism often manifests as inherited disadvantage; Internalized racism is defined as the stigmatized races of negative messages about their own abilities and intrinsic worth; and Personally mediated racism are prejudices and…
She did not provide enough information, which led her conclusion to not have a clear solution of how to fix the problems she was trying to address. Jessica Stark, the author of the article “Unequal Communities: Exploring the Relationship between Colonialism, Patriarchy and the Marginalization of Aboriginal Women, is very sympathetic towards the terrible treatment of the Aboriginal women and believes that they should be treated better. She portrays passion in relaying information to people so they are aware of the issue. Stark’s references were reliable but the article was still informally written and because she included her own personal views into the article. This article is a good article to read if someone wants to learn about the way Aboriginal women were treated and how there have been improvements but they are still treated unequally compared to other women and Aboriginal…
In the article “The Dynamics of Racial Fluidity and Inequality” by Saperstein and Penner (2012), supports on the notion that race is a “flexible” tendency that changes throughout the years and across backgrounds, rather than being a characteristic that is attributed at “birth” and “fixed” (as cited in Grusky & Weisshar, 2014 p.692). In order to better understand how racial classification plays an important role over the life course of an individual this paper will analyze the article of Saperstein and Penner (2012), discuss two major concepts that are affecting social inequality, and point out two strengths/weaknesses that helped or hurt the article. Article The study by Saperstein and Penner (2012) focused on how race is typically treated…
Indigenous Australians were racially discriminated, actively exterminated, required…
Historically, from the outset Indigenous people were excluded from the Constitution and deemed an inferior race with British colonizers aim to eventually wipe Indigenous people out or have the assimilate into colonised way of life (Rolls 2001, 7). This notion and idea of race as Langton argues is an out-dated ideology, a western idea that helped support colonialism which has been deeply ingrained into Australian society. Theorist, Albert Memmi talks about colonised and the coloniser, furthermore Memmi discusses that successful colonisation of one group over another requires two things being; the oppressed themselves accepting the role in which they have been given and the creation of an oppressor being inherently dominant and controlling in nature. Memmi’s studies coincide with Langton’s argument, drawing upon the UN declaration of the Rights on Indigenous people which directly states, “Affirming doctrines, policies and practises based on advocating superiority of people or individuals based on national origin and or racial or cultural differences are scientifically false and legally invalid” (Langton 2016,…
This aspect of race can be explained by Fields concept of race as an “ideology,” where race has been maintained through laws, customs, and daily practices to address practical needs. Fields coins the term “ideology” as the “daily methods through which people make sense of the social reality they create” (Fields). Essentially, race became an everyday habit that the people used in order to justify what was going on in the world around them. Consequences of social construction is exclusion. In lecture, Professor Smith used a quote from Robert Miles stating “All instances where a specific group is shown to be in unequal receipt of resources and services, or to be unequally represented in the hierarchy of class relations.”…
What were some of the struggles for rights and freedoms for Australia’s indigenous people? 26 January 1938 (Australia Day) — is when a group of Indigenous leaders protested against the ‘150th anniversary of the white men’s reign over our country’, and the inferior citizenship status of Indigenous people Eddie Koiki Mabo - Was born on the 29 June 1936 – 21 January 1992, Eddie was born on the island of Mer (Murray Island) in the Torres Strait. Eddie was known for his role in campaigning for Indigenous land rights and for his role in a landmark decision in the High Court of Australia. Eddie's Contribution to the Community Indigenous School - In 1973 Eddie became the Co-Founder and Director of Townsville's Community (Black School).…
I will examine colonialism’s role in Aboriginal distress by focusing on power relations through the application of Critical/Anti-Racist theory and Michel Foucault’s notion of discourse. Critical/Anti-Racist theory was developed as a reaction to the abuse of power taking place in the application of the law and the systemic discrimination based on white privilege and stereotypes of racialized groups (Berry, 2016). Also, Foucault developed the concept of discourses as “ways of constituting knowledge, together with social practices, forms of subjectivity and power relations [which reflect the nature of] the body, mind and life of the subjects they seek to govern” (Weedon, 1987, p.108). Each of these theories will inform how colonialism abuse caused bla and…
To inspect and scrutinise this settler construct of stereotypes, the aspects of society such as history and education, government and policies, and the media itself will be considered and explored. Stereotypes, as settler constructs of Indigenous Australians, have twisted and distorted how settlers view Aboriginal peoples, and these fashioned perspectives are prevalent throughout Australian history. One of the overarching stereotypes regarding aboriginal peoples is that they are ‘lesser’ than the white man, as seen in this scientific report by a Cambridge university professor, “…evidence points to their lowly status, because of the frequent occurrence of characters very rare to the white races of mankind, but at the same time normal in the ape tribes.” (Duckworth).…
From the viewpoint of discrimination, the contributing device linking racial/ethnic minority rank and health hindrance is believed to lie in the destructive effects of long-lasting involvements with race-based discrimination, both actual and perceived. These experiences are believed to set off a signal of physical responses (e.g., high blood pressure and heart rate, production of biological responses, hypervigilance) that ultimately end in illness and…
We lived on aboriginal land yet we had a white prime minister and a white Australia policy. A policy that meant aboriginal children were taken away from their homes, and no non-white immigrants were let into the country. Even the very few that were able…
Race is associated with biology of human beings, whereas ethnicity is associated with the origin and culture. An individual coming into a society where his ethnicity and race is unfamiliar, an opportunity is open for both the individual and the population of that society to learn and get to know each other. It is imminent that the people of different racial backgrounds, especially multi-ethnic groups, will face all kinds of stereotypes when coming to a new society that is completely unfamiliar with the physical features, culture, traditions and world view of that ethnic group. However, that can be rectified with positive involvement and communication in different areas of that society. Individuals coming from various ethnic and racial backgrounds…