Racism has become extremely prevalent in Australia’s modern-day society. We are able to say this because there is an astounding amount of evidence to support this.
Firstly, Mungo Man and Woman verify that there was Aboriginal life in Australia over 60,000 years ago, found by using carbon dating technology. This means that we can understand that they had a culture and society of their own before the Europeans arrived and abolished it. Socially, we can infer that the men of the households were assigned to hunt as Mungo Man presented severe arthritis in his wrist and elbow, while Mungo Woman did not. Culturally, Mungo Man showed that the ancient Aboriginal community did have customs and traditions of their own. This is verified by the burial of the bodies; we can deduce that they did this out of practicality, for the purpose of protection from animals or weather, or for a traditional ritual, for the purpose of a …show more content…
We can obtain this meaning from the ongoing, Adam Goodes saga. From the article ‘Mouthing Off’, Virginia Trioli contends that mass media incited the Adam Goodes saga and that the AFL has behaved poorly due to their concern of economic struggles, proving that they are cowardly and unreliable. It is quite apparent that she comes from a point of view that is suggesting that people do not take discrimination against Aboriginal people and their culture seriously, we can further judge that this is because bigotry against the Australian natives is so common and often overlooked. Also, media frequently victimizes the minority in failing attempts to show support; this occurred in a cover titled ‘Stand with Us’ from the Herald Sun. It came off as an attempt to prove that the AFL is not racist, but appeared to be to be contradicting the actions taken by the corporate side of the major football league, seeing that the players were the most apologetic for the discriminating acts performed by their
Firstly, Mungo Man and Woman verify that there was Aboriginal life in Australia over 60,000 years ago, found by using carbon dating technology. This means that we can understand that they had a culture and society of their own before the Europeans arrived and abolished it. Socially, we can infer that the men of the households were assigned to hunt as Mungo Man presented severe arthritis in his wrist and elbow, while Mungo Woman did not. Culturally, Mungo Man showed that the ancient Aboriginal community did have customs and traditions of their own. This is verified by the burial of the bodies; we can deduce that they did this out of practicality, for the purpose of protection from animals or weather, or for a traditional ritual, for the purpose of a …show more content…
We can obtain this meaning from the ongoing, Adam Goodes saga. From the article ‘Mouthing Off’, Virginia Trioli contends that mass media incited the Adam Goodes saga and that the AFL has behaved poorly due to their concern of economic struggles, proving that they are cowardly and unreliable. It is quite apparent that she comes from a point of view that is suggesting that people do not take discrimination against Aboriginal people and their culture seriously, we can further judge that this is because bigotry against the Australian natives is so common and often overlooked. Also, media frequently victimizes the minority in failing attempts to show support; this occurred in a cover titled ‘Stand with Us’ from the Herald Sun. It came off as an attempt to prove that the AFL is not racist, but appeared to be to be contradicting the actions taken by the corporate side of the major football league, seeing that the players were the most apologetic for the discriminating acts performed by their