People

rapes of young children. And they tell me that you are ungoverned and I answer: yes, it is true I have seen people go to political power just for their own personal benefits. And they tell me that you are inhumane and my reply is: you’re well sourced, it has shown in the media, how the average Haitian worry about what they are going to eat or feed their families. And after answering to the people giving my county a bad reputation, I reply back to them with them with pride: come and show me…

As you are reading this article today, remember that although Aboriginal people make up only 3% of Australia’s total population, they represent over 28% (9,940 adult prisoners) of Australia’s prison population in 2015 and this number is rising. To combat this issue, the Murri Court was established. The Murri Court was founded in Queensland in 2002 in response to the increasing representation of Indigenous Australian people in prison. This court sentences Indigenous offenders who plead guilty to…

The two activities I completed were “Sorting People” and “Me, My Race, and I.” In “Sorting People,” I first started the activity by reviewing the 3 types of physical traits that fit 5 major races. These physical traits included: skin color, blood type, and finger print. One interesting I found from this activity, which was basically a refresher for me, was that not a lot of African-Americans have the blood type AB. The five major races included in this activity were: African-Americans or Blacks,…

“How have settler constructions of aboriginal people affected aboriginal peoples?” The settler voice towards aboriginal peoples, has ingrained constructs i.e. stereotypes, into society. These stereotypes have inflicted harm and severely affected aboriginal people throughout history and to this day, but in what ways and through which medians do these coloniser interpretations express themselves in society? And what are the responses of the aboriginal peoples who are concerned? To inspect and…

Throughout the texts, there were mentions of black people who were murdered for unfair reasons and in unjust circumstances. When these people were killed, efforts were taken to ensure that it appeared as though these murders had happened for just reasons. Whether it be by the media, or by individuals, people continuously try to justify the killing of black people, usually by police or hate crime. Tamir Rice, who was only 12 years old when he was shot and killed by police, was…

Indigenous peoples do not have an equal opportunity to be as healthy as non-Indigenous Australians There has been very little progress in reducing this inequality gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous Australians over the past decade, for example in relation to long term measures such as life expectation Death rates from cardiovascular disease in the general population have fallen 30% since 1991, and 70% in the last 35-years16 whereas Indigenous people do not…

Black people should change the way they represent themselves to have a better image. In society, the black race is negatively stereotyped as uneducated, gang members, drug smokers/dealers. I believe that if black people change the way they represent themselves by focusing and going to school, staying away from gang activities, and stay from drug they will have a better image in society. I do believe that others feel the same way as I do because they aren’t like the average black people, they…

According to Judith N. Martin and Thomas K Nakayama (2014), the characteristics that White people in the United States share are: an advantage of race privilege, which involving better access to education, opportunities, jobs and other. Such advantage, in turn, causes large disparity in the poverty levels between the minority such as Blacks and Hispanics and the White majority. The poverty level in 2010 for these two groups fell at 27.4 % and 26.6 % respectively. At the same time, the poverty…

Kaurna People of Adelaide and the Adelaide Plains know to the Aboriginal people as Kaurna Jantanya (Red Kangaroo Place) was owned by 300 Native Aboriginal peoples until the colonisation in 1896. Adelaide and the surrounding plains was an open, grassy plain with patches of trees and shrubbery where the Kaurna people lived and managed the land skilfully. The area karrawirra pari (red gum forest river) now known as the river Torrens of Adelaide was a favoured camping ground of the Kaurna people as…

People go through their lives trying to find out who they are and trying to show other people who they are. For some, they continually buy nice and expensive things trying to show off that they are someone special or important. Others, however, don’t need nice and expensive things and they are fine with what they have. The things people own can and will convey a message to others. For example, if someone drives a nice car, people will assume they are rich. Even if someone tries not to judge by…