Essay: The White Australia Policy The White Australia policy, formally named the Immigration Restriction Act, was introduced on the 23rd of December 1901 and was de jure (by law) discontinued in 1958. But de facto (by reality) racial discrimination and referring to Asian citizens as ‘aliens’ continued until the early 1970’s. The thesis of this essay is that the white Australia policy wouldn’t be of the same short-term effectiveness if the Australian Government hadn't implemented the use of media, education, and laws to manipulate its people. Although the white Australia policy was indeed effective in restricting the number of foreign immigrants entering the country, the utter hatred, dissatisfaction and discrimination towards Asians, more specifically Chinese and Japanese citizens, wouldn’t be of the same multitude if Australian
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The dictation test's purpose is to restrict the number of coloured immigrants that entered the country, aiming to maintain a nation that predominantly consists of white Europeans. The dictation test is a written exam that requires an immigrant of any background to write 50 words in a European language chosen by the supervisor. For example, an immigrant from China taking the test could be asked to write 50 words in Lithuanian. The dictation test is similar to the Jim Crow Laws implemented in the United States of America. For an American citizen to vote, they need to pass a literacy test. The literacy test is different for white Americans than for coloured (African) Americans, for example, white Americans could be asked to analyze a sentence, whereas coloured Americans could be asked to analyze paragraphs. These two testing methods are similar as both of the tests' purpose is to intentionally fail the less dominant group to strip them of their rights/freedom, in the US case it would be the African Americans and in Australia’s case it would be non-European
The dictation test's purpose is to restrict the number of coloured immigrants that entered the country, aiming to maintain a nation that predominantly consists of white Europeans. The dictation test is a written exam that requires an immigrant of any background to write 50 words in a European language chosen by the supervisor. For example, an immigrant from China taking the test could be asked to write 50 words in Lithuanian. The dictation test is similar to the Jim Crow Laws implemented in the United States of America. For an American citizen to vote, they need to pass a literacy test. The literacy test is different for white Americans than for coloured (African) Americans, for example, white Americans could be asked to analyze a sentence, whereas coloured Americans could be asked to analyze paragraphs. These two testing methods are similar as both of the tests' purpose is to intentionally fail the less dominant group to strip them of their rights/freedom, in the US case it would be the African Americans and in Australia’s case it would be non-European